ひまわりの歌 (1981): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1981, ひまわりの歌 is a drama series.

What it’s about. Since his wife's death from illness, Oki Eisuke (Utsui Ken) has been working as a lawyer at the Oki Law Office, raising his high school-aged daughter, Kaori (Hayashi Norie). His late wife's father, Kimura Genkichi (Ban Junsaburo, Matsumura Tatsuo), a former Metropolitan Police Department detective, is in charge of accounting, while Ono Toshiko (Nakahara Rie) is in charge of typist and secretary. Also among the investigators are Sakamoto Ryu (Nakamura Masatoshi), who claims to be serving a two-year prison sentence, and Suzuki Masao (Okita Hiroyuki), who is on probation. These are the members of the firm that Eisuke trusts. A die-hard feminist, Eisuke throws himself wholeheartedly into the cases of female clients, regardless of legal fees, but...

Who’s in it. ひまわりの歌 stars Ken Utsui, Rie Nakahara, Chieko Matsubara as Suzuki Yoshiko and Masatoshi Nakamura, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.0/10, ひまわりの歌 sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch ひまわりの歌 page.

If you liked it. Fans of ひまわりの歌 tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.