Inu o Kau to Iu Koto
| Inu o Kau to Iu Koto | |
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| Also known as | My Dog, My Happiness[1] | 
| Country of origin | Japan | 
| Original language | Japanese | 
| No. of seasons | 1 | 
| Production | |
| Running time | 54 minutes | 
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Asahi | 
| Release | 15 April 2011 | 
Inu o Kau to Iu Koto (犬を飼うということ, My Dog, My Happiness) is a Japanese television series which premiered on TV Asahi on April 15, 2011. Its full title is Inu o kau toyuu koto〜 sukai to wagaya no 180-nichi〜 (犬を飼うということ〜スカイと我が家の180日〜, The Story of Keeping a Dog〜180 Days that the Dog Named "Sky" Stayed in our Home).
Cast
- Ryo Nishikido as Yuji Hongo [2]
- Asami Mizukawa as Sachiko Hongo
- Kokoro Kuge as Mako Hongo
- Ryutaro Yamasaki as Masaru Hongo
- Tetsu Watanabe as Resident Association leader
- Takao Toji as the apartment complex building manager
- Mai Tachihara
- Kojiro Kawai
- Mayu Harada
- Junnosuke Taguchi as Katsuhiko Hotta
- Kohei Takeda as Hideki Kawashima
- Yuki Shikanuma as Yukiko Azumi
- Shingo Kazami as Keisuke Nakao
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Seigo Nozaki
- Tetta Sugimoto as Soichi Narahashi
- Shigeru Izumiya as Matsuo Kubota
- Akemi Omori as Hatsue Kubota
- Eriko Moriwaki as Yoshiko Hatakeyama
- Ryoka Ihara as Shizuka Hatakeyama
- Yoko Oshima as Sachiko's co-worker
- Masahiro Kohama as the manager of the supermarket
Episodes
| Episode title | Romanized title | Translation of title | Broadcast date | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ep. 1 | 貧乏家族、小さな命を拾う!? 	 | Binbō kazoku, chiisana inochi o hirou!? |  A poor family picking up a small life!?   | April 15, 2011 | 9.3% | 
| Ep. 2 |  一緒に、生きよう  | Issho ni, ikiyou  |  Living together  | April 22, 2011 | 8.3% | 
| Ep. 3 |  大切な家族の失踪  | Taisetsuna kazoku no shissō  |  The disappearance of an important family member   | April 29, 2011 | 7.8% | 
| Ep. 4 |  泣いてたまるか!!  | Naite tamaru ka!!  |  Crying!   | May 6, 2011 | 8.6% | 
| Ep. 5 |  初めてのさよなら  |  Hajimete no sayonara |  First Goodbye   | May 13, 2011 | 9.4% | 
| Ep. 6 |  スカイを助けて!  |  Sukai o tasukete! |  Sky needs help!   | May 20, 2011 | 7.4% | 
| Ep. 7 |  君がくれた奇跡  |  Kimi ga kureta kiseki |  You gave me a miracle   | May 27, 2011 | 8.1% | 
| Ep. 8 |  最終章〜君の命  |  Saishū Akira〜-kun no inochi | The Final Chapter of Your Life  | June 3, 2011 | 8.3% | 
| Ep. 9 |  拾われたのは僕たち家族のほうでした  |  Hirowa reta no wa boku-tachi kazoku no hōdeshitai | I was picked up by your family  | June 10, 2011 | 9.0% | 
| Ratings for Kanto region (average rating 8.47%) [3] | |||||
References
- ^ "Tv asahi Buyer's Catalogue".
- ^ "Nishikido Ryo stars as father in drama series "Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto"". Sankei Sports, Tokyograph. February 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "Inu o Kau to Iu Koto". Audience Rating Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-08.