Manten

Manten
Genre	Drama
Written by	Nozomi Makino
Directed by	Tomochika Kasaura Mamoru Ohashi Tsuyoshi Yanagawa Mitsuhiro Fukui Takako Yamada
Starring	Mao Miyaji Atsuko Asano Takashi Fujii Katsuhisa Namase Sarina Suzuki Shōei Hanako Yamada Nobuaki Kakuda Mamoru Mohri Matsunosuke Shofukutei Fumiyo Kohinata Ren Osugi Hidekazu Akai Tatsuya Mihashi Nobuko Miyamoto
Narrated by	Shunji Fujimura
Opening theme	"Kono Machi" by Chitose Hajime
Composer	Masahiro Kawasaki
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	150
Production
Producer	Yoshinori Komiyama
Running time	15 minutes
Production company	NHK Osaka
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	September 30, 2002 (2002-09-30) – March 29, 2003 (2003-03-29)

Manten (まんてん, Manten) is a Japanese television drama series, the 67th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It was aired on September 30, 2002 and ended on March 29, 2003. The drama tells about a young woman who studies to become a meteorologist.

Cast

Main characters

• Mao Miyaji as Manten Hidaka
  • Chiaki Saito as young Manten Hidaka
• Takashi Fujii as Yōhei Hanayama
• Riku Nishimoto as Sora Hanayama
• Nobuko Miyamoto as Yuriko Hanayama
• Katsuhisa Namase as Keisuke Hanayama
• Serina Suzuki as Nishiki Hanayama (her maiden name was Shinohara)
• Atsuko Asano as Mihoko Hozumi (her maiden name was Hidaka)
• Tatsuya Mihashi as Genji Hidaka
• Hidekazu Akai as Genkichi Hidaka
• Kiyoshi Hikawa as Hideo Hidaka
• Fumiyo Kohinata as Jinroku Hozumi
• Mitsuki Tanimura as Mikai Hozumi
• Yuriko Hirooka as Fumiko Tanaka

Kuroda family

• Nobuaki Kakuda as Masami Kuroda
• Midoriko Kimura as Kazue Kuroda
• Hanako Yamada as Tsubame Kuroda
• Yoshinori Yasuda as Iwao Kuroda
• Kazuyuki Maeda as Kojiro Kuroda