Suna no Utsuwa (TV series)
| Suna no Utsuwa | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Vessel of Sand | 
| Starring | Masahiro Nakai Ken Watanabe Yasuko Matsuyuki Kotomi Kyono  | 
| Theme music composer | Akira Senju | 
| Country of origin | Japan | 
| Original language | Japanese | 
| No. of episodes | 11 | 
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS | 
| Release | January 18 – March 28, 2004  | 
Vessel of Sand (砂の器, Suna no Utsuwa)[1] is a 2004 Japanese television drama series. It is based on a Japanese novel Suna no Utsuwa.[2]
Cast
- Masahiro Nakai as Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura
 - Ken Watanabe as Shuichiro Imanishi (named Eitaro Imanishi in the original book)
 - Yasuko Matsuyuki as Asami Naruse (Rieko Naruse)
 - Masaru Nagai as Masaya Yoshimura (Hiroshi Yoshimura)
 - Shinji Takeda as Keisuke Sekigawa (Shigeo Sekigawa)
 - Kotomi Kyono as Ayaka Tadokoro (Sachiko Tadokoro)
 - Yoshinori Okada as Makoto Miyata (Kunio Miyata)
 - Hitomi Satō as Reiko Ogihara (Emiko Miura)
 - Yoko Moriguchi as Junko Imanishi
 - Hidekazu Akai as Kenichi Miki
 - Masachika Ichimura as Yuzuru Aso (gender flipped from Akiko Sugiura)
 - Isao Natsuyagi as Shigeyoshi Tadokoro
 - Yoshio Harada as Chiyokichi Motoura
 
Awards
7th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix[3]
- Won: Best Drama
 - Won: Best Actor - Masahiro Nakai
 
References
- ^ "Vessel of Sand 砂の器 모래 그릇 砂之器".
 - ^ "砂の器2004". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
 - ^ "歴代の受賞者・受賞作品". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 2011-01-24.