ヒミツの花園 · The Secret Garden
| Network | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| Broadcast | 9 Jan 2007 – 20 Mar 2007 |
| Episodes | 11 Episodes |
| Viewership | Average 12.4% |
| Fan score | 7.3 from 11 reviews |
Tsukiyama Kayo is an editor of a fashion magazine. Contrary to the glamorous image of the fashion industry, Kayo always ends up doing work dumped on her by her younger colleagues. For the fifth year in a row, she is spending her birthday alone at the office.
One day, chief editor, Kawamura Ryoko says that the fashion magazine Kayo is in charge of will be suspended. She is thus transferred to the editorial desk of a comic book for girls, a genre that she is not interested in at all. Kayo will be in charge of Hanazono Yuriko, an extremely popular manga artist. When she arrives at Hanazono Yuriko's luxurious apartment to pick up the newest manuscript, Kayo meets Tanaka Ichiro, the veteran editor of a rival publisher. He has been working with girls' comics for 20 years. In the backroom are two men, supposedly assistants. Out of the blue, they order Kayo to go buy a girl's dress. They need it for the image-building of the comic's character. As a rookie editor, Kayo is in no position to talk back.
Thus, Kayo goes to town in search of the perfect dress. But when she tries a dress on, she jams the zipper. Unable to take it off, she is forced to leave the shop and walk around the city in an extravagant outfit.
When Kayo finally returns to the apartment, the men order her to prepare a meal. She can't take it any more and yells, "I'm here to see Hanazono Yuriko!"
"We're Hanazono Yuriko." Kayo turns around to see the men who have been pushing her around. She is shocked to learn that Hanazono Yuriko is actually consists of four brothers, Wataru, Osamu, Satoshi, and Hinata.
They warn Kayo to never let this secret become known. Kayo is still in shock, but right now, her priority is to get the manuscript due tomorrow morning. She begs the brothers to rush, but they say "not tonight" and leave the apartment
Synopsis: Fuji TV
Lead role Shaku Yumiko
釈由美子 as Tsukiyama Kayo
Sakai Masato
堺雅人 as Kataoka Wataru
Ikeda Tetsuhiro
池田鉄洋 as Kataoka Osamu
Kaname Jun
要潤 as Kataoka Satoshi
Hongo Kanata
本郷奏多 as Kataoka Hinata
Takizawa Saori
滝沢沙織 as Minae
Tanaka Tetsushi
田中哲司
Terajima Susumu
寺島進 as Tanaka Ichiro
Maya Miki
真矢ミキ as Kawamura Akiko
Daito Shunsuke
大東駿介
| 10 | 0 | |
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| 9 | 2 | |
| 8 | 3 | |
| 7 | 4 | |
| 1–6 | 2 |
Sajen16 · 2010
I personally disagree with the other reviews is that I like Shaku way more than the rest of the cast, that said the story is o.k. but not the best. and as to predictability, of course it is so is every other story in any medium in any part of the world written in the last 50 or so years
Jackykero · 2008
I agree with most of the reviews made previously although I want to do Shaku Yumiko a little more justice. Yes, I agree that she is not the best lead actress there is, and her acting somewhat relies a lot on the same facial expressions. But she still did a good job for me, it's not like she does not know how to play, or like her acting made it painful to watch or unrealistic; she did a good job, she just does not have that presence that some other actresses have.
And the rest of the cast was very good.
I personally really enjoyed Maya Miki whom I mostly remembered for her role in Attention Please, and who is portraying a very different and funny character. The transformation was unexpected.
I would recommend not to hesitate to watch this dorama. You will spend a good time with this light-hearted comedy and a bit unconventional scenario.
dekatrain · 2007
A cute little drama that is small on story, but big on emotional pull, or at least thats what it was trying to be. I thought the four brothers did an excellent job - neither of them tried to out-act each other or take the spotlight, and they all had different interesting personalities for Shaku to fend off (which is a rare-fete now days as J-dramas seem to be getting shallower and shallower). Watch out for the otaku-brother and the manager-brother - both of whom stood out, actually all the brothers did, even the younger one did a good job with his coming-of-age role. The main disappointment was Yumiko Shaku who I thought majorly struggled through her role - she just lacked expressions on her face. It seemed she had a happy/sad/confused face but could not combine or easily alter between those emotions on screen, which really showed i thought. She's cute, but in this drama, which relied heavily on emotional input, she was caught out through her inability to draw out her own character's personality. The characters still had me grinning all the way through and the whole manga-concept was excellent and well concieved.