Title: 李香蘭 Title (romaji): Ri Kouran / Ri Koran Title (Chinese): Li Xianglan Format: Tanpatsu Genre: Historical Episodes: 2 Viewership ratings: 9.1% (Ep.1), 8.5% (Ep.2) Broadcast network: TV Tokyo Broadcast period: 2007-Feb-11 to 2007-Feb-12 Air time: 20:54 - 23:18 **Synopsis** The drama tells the story of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese woman born and raised in China during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. She debuts as the Chinese singer and actress Li Xianglan (Ri Kouran in Japanese), in the hopes that her efforts will work towards the benefit of both Japan and China. Hiding her true nationality, however, she slowly discovers herself becoming a puppet of the Japanese military's propaganda efforts in Manchuria, starring in "national policy" films that humiliate the Chinese people. But billed as the "star of Greater East Asia," her popularity soars across borders to Japan, where she holds a concert that draws thousands to the Nihon Gekijou Theatre and leads to a riot that injures several people. Based on her autobiography, this is the story of her personal struggle amidst military strife between her two homelands. **Cast** Ueto Aya as Ri Kouran (Yamaguchi Yoshiko) Hashizume Isao as Yamaguchi Fumio (Yoshiko's father) Natori Yuko as Yamaguchi Ai (Yoshiko's mother) Kikukawa Rei as Kawashima Yoshiko Nakamura Shido as Amakasu Masahiko Sawamura Ikki as Kawakita Nagamasa Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Kodama Hidemi Ono Takehiko as Yamaga Toru Nakamura Fukusuke (中村福助) as Hasegawa Kazuo Kaneda Akio as Azuma Keizo Tsuruta Shinobu as Uchida Tomu Nishida Ken as Lt. Gen. Yoshioka Yasunao Nakayama Megumi as Chen Yunshang Saito Yoichiro (斉藤陽一郎) as Tamura Taijiro Fukami Motoki as Matsuoka Kenichiro Ishibashi Tamotsu as Noguchi Hisamitsu Maeda Koyo as Hattori Ryoichi Kawamata Shinobu (川俣しのぶ) as Atsumi Masako Noda Yoshiko (野田よし子) as Kawakita Kashiko Honda Shinya (本多新也) as Tsuji Kyuichi Yoshimitsu Ryota (吉満涼太) as Koide Takashi Saito Satoru as Yamanashi Minoru Tokui Yuu as Makino Mitsuo Matsuzawa Kazuyuki as Ueno Shinji Suzuki Masayuki as Watanabe Kunio Ayata Toshiki as Police Capt. Kanazawa Ishii Hideaki (石井英明) as Negishi Kanichi Saito Bunta (斉藤文太) as Ikeda Sentaro Taguchi Shusho (田口主将) as Kume Masao Nogiwa Yoko as Narrator / Present-day Ri Kouran Wang Wei Hua (王偉華) as Puyi Li Lin (李琳) as Wan Rong Feng Min Min (馮敏敏) as Miss Liu Yao Ke Qin (姚克勤) as Li Jichun Wang Min (王敏) as Pan Yugui Lu Xiao Lin (呂曉霖) as Wen Guihua Lu Yi Jun (鹿宜均) as Meng Hong