Soshite, Ikiru: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Toko Ikuta lost her parents at the age of three and has been raised by her uncle for almost her entire childhood in the city of Morioka. While she's known as a local idol in Morioka, she always aspired to be on the stage nationwide and has always been eager to move to Tokyo to break through. Finally she's been given a chance to attend an audition, but the day prior to her audition, Japan is shaken up by the Great Tohoku Earthquake.

Series details

• Title: Soshite, Ikiru
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2019-08-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-09-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 43400
• IMDb ID: tt10049420
• TVDB ID: 367869

Cast and credited roles

• Kasumi Arimura — Toko Ikuta
• Kentaro Sakaguchi — Kiyotaka Shimizu
• Kang Ji Yeong — Han Yu Ri

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-08-04; final listed air date 2019-09-08; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Soshite, Ikiru on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.