https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hoshi_no_Kinka   - **Title:** 星の金貨 - **Title (romaji):** Hoshi no Kinka - **Also known as:** Heaven's Coins / Die Sterntaler - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Romance, medical - **Episodes:** 12 - **Broadcast network:** NTV - **Broadcast period:** 1995-Apr-12 to 1995-Jul-12 - **Opening theme song:** *Aoi Usagi* by Sakai Noriko - **Related dramas:** Zoku Hoshi no Kinka (1996), Shin Hoshi no Kinka (2001)   #### **Synopsis** A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute and she's secretly in love with Shuichi. After a while Aya confesses to him. Shuichi decides to return to Tokyo to work but before leaving he promises Aya that he will return soon and then they will get married. Shortly after the arrival to Tokyo he has an accident resulting in a memory loss. Time passes and Aya decides to go to Tokyo to find out what happened.      #### **Cast** ##### **Main Cast** - **Sakai Noriko** ... *Kuramoto Aya* - **Osawa Takao** ... *Nagai Shuichi* - **Takenouchi Yutaka** ... *Nagai Takumi* ##### **Eiseikai Hospital** - Ryu Raita ... *Nagai Seiichiro* - Sakai Wakako ... *Nagai Michiyo* - Ibu Masato ... *Komori Toshihiko* - Tanaka Minako ... *Koizumi Miwa* - Nishimura Tomomi ... *Endo Sonoko* - Nakamaru Shinsho ... *Sano Takashi* - Hisamoto Tomoko ... *Kinoshita Akemi* - Kikuchi Norie ... *Onda Harue* - Nakano Kumiko ... *Hanaoka Kayoko* ##### **Yuki Family** - Hosokawa Naomi ... *Yuki Shoko* - Oka Mitsuko ... *Yuki Takako* ##### **Arai Family** - Kitamura Masaki ... *Arai Yoshihiko* - Hotaru Yukijiro ... *Arai Katsuji* - Tateishi Ryoko ... *Arai Kazuko* ##### **Others** - Nakajima Hiromi ... *Shinomiya Ayumi* - Nishio Takumi ... *Kanzaki Naoto* - Tayama Ryosei ... *Kawada Yoichi* - Otaki Hideji ... *Morioka Shiro*   #### **Production Credits** - **Screenwriter:** Yamasaki Junya - **Director:** Yoshino Hiroshi, Aryouchi Itsukida   #### **Awards** - **5th Television Drama Academy Awards:** Best Actress (**Sakai Noriko**) - **5th Television Drama Academy Awards:** Special Award