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Silent Poor [サイレント・プア]



Drama Details
Title:Silent Poor
サイレント・プア
Telecast:2014-04-08
Season:Spring 2014



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TV Station:NHK
Duration:9 Episodes
Genre(s):Drama



Synopsis
Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are people afflicted with juvenile dementia, those who have shunned society and locked themselves up in their rooms, and the homeless. Ryo herself had been down the lonely road before, and as a way to pull herself out of her depression, she decided to work as a CSW in order to help others like her. She strongly believes that one can always start all over again, and it is her belief that helps her to move forward in life.

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Soundtrack and Theme Songs (1)
1. Hold Your Hand [Perfume]

Actor/Actress Cast (11)
Fukada Kyoko
深田恭子
Satomi Ryo
Kagawa Kyoko
香川京子
Eda Fusae
Kitamura Yukiya
北村有起哉
Yamakura Yuichi
Ichige Yoshie
市毛良枝
Satomi Sachiko
Yonekura Masakane
米倉斉加年
Yoshioka Ichiro
Daichi Yasuo
Kinoshita Kazuo
Sakuraba Nanami
桜庭ななみ
Miwa Ma Naka
Sakai Maki
坂井真紀
Ishida Keiko
Yamaguchi Sayaka
山口紗弥加
 
Taguchi Hiromasa
田口浩正
 
Morooka Moro
モロ師岡
 
 

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Comments From Users (2)
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1. Comments by occultangle [Rating: 7/10]
I was pretty skeptical of this going in. I don't have any faith in the government or things like social workers. Well these weren't exactly the type of social workers I would have expected, and I absolutely loved all the characters. In succeeded in giving me a warm fuzzy feeling towards humanity, and it's care for each other. Well, at least in Japan anyways, and I am truly inclined to think that social services really may be more useful and meaningful in Japan, but then when they showed real "Community Social Workers" at work at the end of a few episodes, the illusion was destroyed. Still I would call this a very good drama about a subject matter that I dislike.

A small, random, but sort of paradoxical point, the use of Perfume, a music group I really like, was the most inappropriate use of music I have ever witnessed in a drama.
2. Comments by WhiteHawk [Rating: 8/10]
You'll need a box of tissues for this one. Maybe three. A look at the less fortunate in Tokyo, from the homeless, to Fukushima evacuees, to Filipino immigrants, to car accident survivors, etc. Some of the episodes are based on real-life cases of Tokyo social workers. Powerful stuff, not your typical entertainment.
3. Comments by kamikaze54 [Rating: 4/10]
4. Comments by shwetapal [Rating: 8/10]
5. Comments by lynn [Rating: ?/10]