J-drama Review: 14 Sai no Haha (2006)

Hello everyone~ I'm back with another Japanese drama review again!
I missed this drama when I was in senior high school, so I watched it properly few days ago. This drama was a BOMB at that moment. Getting pregnant is a crucial moment after getting married, but how if the pregnant woman is still 14 years old? This drama won't make you cry a river (at least for me) but it will gives you so many good morale lessons :)


14 SAI NO HAHA
(14 years old Mother)

Story:

Miki Ichinose (Mirai Shida) is the girl next door. She is an average junior high school second grader,who likes spending time with her friends and prefers extra curricular activities to studying. She also enjoys dating her year-older boyfriend, Satoshi Kirino (Haruma Miura).Her teenager life, however, becomes no longer typical when she gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby…

Everybody objects her decision to become a mother at such a young age.Her family and relatives worry about what others will say.Her teachers and classmates are only concerned with their school’s reputation. Even Satoshi refuses to accept his future role as a father.Miki feels that nobody is on her side, and almost decides to give up the baby. But she suddenly realizes and says to herself:“Everyone is against me except for one person, the one who is inside me;my baby!”

Miki finally decides to keep the baby, and flees home to find a place to give birth peacefully. Her journey is, of course, full of hurdles: People,when finding out about her situation, begin pointing fingers.And some even become abusive towards her. Still, as in every journey, goodhearted people are always there to help. In such a harsh situation,Miki never loses her cheerful and positive attitude, because she already knows she will never be alone again. As Miki begins to show, she also matures mentally by rousing maternal instincts, attaining strength and tenderness as a future mother. (cr: http://asianwiki.com/Mother_at_Fourteen)

Genre	Family
Written by	Yumiko Inoue
Directed by	Toya Sato, Noriyoshi Sakuma
Starring	Mirai Shida
Theme music composer	Kan Sawada, Yu Takami
Ending theme	Shirushi
Composer(s)	Kazutoshi Sakurai
Country of origin	Japan
Originallanguage(s)	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Ken Murase, Chizu Asai
Running time	54 minutes
Release
Original network	NTV
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	October 11 – December 20, 2006

Miki & Kiri-chan (Satoshi)

Cast

Mirai Shida as Miki Ichinose

Misako Tanaka as Kanako Ichinose (Miki's mom)

Katsuhisa Namase as Tadahiko Ichinose (Miki's dad)

Kazuki Koshimizu as Kenta Ichinose (Miki's little brother)

Sayaka Yamaguchi as Kyoko Endo (Miki's home teacher)

Junichi Koumoto as Makoto Mitsui (Miki's uncle)

Sayaka Kaneko as Hinako Mitsui (Miki's aunt)

Haruma Miura as Satoshi Kirino (Miki's partner)

Shigeru Muroi as Shizuka Kirino (Satoshi's mom)

Mitsuki Tanimura as Mayu Yanagisawa (Miki's new classmate)

Kie Kitano as Megumi Kubota (Miki's best friend)

Kazuki Kitamura as Taku Hatano (Nosy reporter)

Miki with Megu and friend

While watching this drama, I kept thinking why Miki become such a reckless girl. Due to their curiosity, a baby was conceived and it brought much problems afterwards.

But through this drama young people can learn how they HAVE TO be considerate and responsible for everything that they did / will do. It's such a shame when young people can do what they want easily, getting pregnant and abort new lives. Every life is important and Miki teaches us how to be a responsible parent and person.

After watched this drama, if I were Miki's parent, I would be ashamed and then proud of my daughter at the same time. Because she became so mature, caring and responsible in everything. Such an awesome mother.

Don't worry, you won't cry a river over this drama, but I admit that I teared a bit for some scenes; because it was dang too good. This drama is so meaningful, and contains deep message. I totally recommend this drama!