| 14-sai no Haha: Aisuru tame ni Umaretekita | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama |
| Starring | Mirai Shida Haruma Miura Misako Tanaka Katsuhisa Namase Shigeru Muroi Junichi Komoto (Jicho Kacho) Sayaka Yamaguchi Atsuko Takahata Sayaka Kaneko |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Running time | every Wednesday 10:00 PM (60 minutes) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NTV |
| Original run | October 11, 2006 – December 20, 2006 |
14-sai no Haha: Aisuru tame ni Umaretekita (14才の母 ～愛するために生まれてきた～, lit. "14-year-old Mother: Born for Love's Sake") is a Japanese television drama broadcast on NTV. It was aired from October 11, 2006 until December 20 of the same year.
Contents |
The drama concerns 14-year-old Miki Ichinose, who becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will keep the baby and raise it by herself. The show follows what this means for her, her family, her school life, the life of her boyfriend and his family, and the society in which she resides.
Upon preparing for this role, actress Mirai Shida asked her real-life mother for advice. She wanted to know if there were changes (in walking, appetite, etc) during pregnancy. Her mother replied, "Except for the belly becoming bigger, nothing else changes." This did not prepare Shida in any way, as stated by herself.
Originally, there were only 10 episodes. Due to the success this drama achieved, an extra episode was made.
Theme song:
| Episode | Broadcast date | Subtitle | Kantō Audience Rating[1] | Kansai Audience Rating[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006/10/11 | The Pregnancy of a Secondary School Student... Sorry, Mom | 19.7% | 21.8% |
| 2 | 2006/10/18 | You are Not (Our) Daughter Anymore | 16.8% | 18.0% |
| 3 | 2006/10/25 | Goodbye... My Baby | 18.3% | 18.1% |
| 4 | 2006/11/1 | Departure I Do Not Cry Anymore | 19.4% | 19.8% |
| 5 | 2006/11/8 | Bye-bye... The Day When (My) First Love Dies | 17.3% | 20.7% |
| 6 | 2006/11/15 | Am I Given a Maternity Record Book, Too? | 16.7% | 18.8% |
| 7 | 2006/11/22 | Can Future Be Bought with Money? | 18.4% | 19.0% |
| 8 | 2006/11/29 | Two Lives... Which One Is Chosen? | 17.3% | 20.5% |
| 9 | 2006/12/6 | Childbirth: The 24 Hours of Risking One's Own Life | 16.7% | 19.2% |
| 10 | 2006/12/13 | Laugh Once More... | 21.1% | 24.0% |
| 11 (Last) | 2006/12/20 | The Tearful Last Episode... What Is Life? | 22.4% | 24.3% |
| Average Rating | 18.55% | 20.38% |
The average rating for this drama was the highest rating this slot (Wednesday at 10:00 PM) achieved on NTV since 2000.