Boogie Woogie (Japanese TV series)

Boogie Woogie (ブギウギ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 109th Asadora series, following Ranman. It premiered on October 2, 2023 and concluded on March 29, 2024. The drama is modeled after the Japanese singer and actress Shizuko Kasagi, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.

Hanada's family

 * Shuri as Suzuko Hanada
 * Rioka Sawai as young Suzuko
 * Toshirō Yanagiba as Umekichi Hanada, Suzuko's father
 * Asami Mizukawa as Tsuya Hanada, Suzuko's Mother
 * Kōudai Kurosaki as Rokuro Hanada, Suzuko's brother
 * Kyoko Mitsubayashi as Toshi Onishi, Suzuko's Grandmother

Umemaru Shoujo Kagekidan (USK)

 * Kazuki Tsubasa as Aoi Tachibana
 * Yū Aoi as Reiko Yamato
 * Kurumi Shimizu as Sachiko Shirakawa / Lily Shirakawa
 * Yuki Katayama as Tatsumi Sakuraba
 * Rikka Ihara as Mitsuki Akiyama
 * Yuuki Morinaga as Yoshio Matano
 * Jun Hayashi as Hayashi
 * Takeshi Masu as Okuma, Umemaru company CEO

Public bath "Hanayu

 * Takeshi Nadagi as Ekisha
 * Takashi Okabe as stupid old man
 * Shohei Uno as Gonbei
 * Kaoru Kusumi as Asa
 * Kazuo Senoo as enthusiastic schoolteacher

Tokyo

 * Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Zenichi Hatori, Composer. He is modeled after Ryōichi Hattori
 * Miwako Ichikawa as Mari Hatori, Zenichi's wife
 * Rinko Kikuchi as Ritsuko Ibarada, singer. She is modeled after Noriko Awaya

Others

 * Koshi Mizukami as Aisuke Murayama, Suzuko's husband
 * Koyuki as Tomi Murayama, Aisuke's mother. She is modeled after Sei Yoshimoto, the co-founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo.
 * Noriko Nakagoshi as Kinu Nishino, Suzuko's real mother.
 * Natsumi Kon as Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Li Hsiang-lan)
 * Katsuhisa Namase as Kenji "Tanaken" Tanahashi. He is modeled after Ken'ichi Enomoto.
 * Miu Tomita as Sayo Kobayashi
 * Jack Kennedy as Sam
 * Sakura Kiryu as Ayumi Mizuki, Yoshio Matano and Reiko Yamato's daughter
 * Takashi Naito as a detective
 * Ryota Miura as Takeshi Shibamoto
 * Hana Kino as Akiko Ōno

Music
Many songs were used. The arrangement of all songs in the drama is by Takayuki Hattori, grandson of Ryōichi Hattori.


 * Tokyo Boogie Woogie
 * Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written by Masaru Suzuki and the music was composed by Ryōichi Hattori.


 * The bugle and daughter
 * Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written and composed by Ryōichi Hattori.


 * Shopping Boogie Woogie
 * Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written and composed by Ryōichi Hattori.


 * Farewell Blues
 * Ritsuko Ibarada sings in concert.


 * Furusato (children's song)
 * Soushunhu
 * When the Saints Go Marching In
 * Ye Lai Shan
 * Habanera
 * Hey hey Boogie Woogie