Marginal Village Inc.

Marginal Village Inc.

L2015•46m

Drama

In a small village in the Kanto regioin, which is surrounded by mountains, residents and a management consultant (Shosuke Tanihara) struggle to rebuild the village through its only industry, farming.

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Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 31, 2015

Last Aired

February 28, 2015

Networks

NHK

Created By

Kurono Shinichi

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Father's Return

Air date: 2015-01-31

E2

Takigawa's Secret Plan

Air date: 2015-02-07

E3

Storm

Air date: 2015-02-14

E4

Great Reversal! Phantom Vegetables

Air date: 2015-02-21

E5

The Field's Power

Air date: 2015-02-28

Cast

Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi

Oouchi Masato

Shosuke Tanihara

Shosuke Tanihara

Takigawa Yu

Mayu Matsuoka

Mayu Matsuoka

Oouchi Miho

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Hagino Sadaharu

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Sugawara Hajime

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Oouchi Kazuo

Aiko Nagayama

Aiko Nagayama

Oouchi Yayoi

Waka Inoue

Waka Inoue

Narusegawa Mizuki

Toranosuke Kato

Toranosuke Kato

Hagino Teppei

Kosuke Suzuki

Kosuke Suzuki

Shinji Ninomiya

Yuki Shibamoto

Yuki Shibamoto

Ninomiya Mariko

Choei Takahashi

Choei Takahashi

Hiroshi Ono

Koichi Ueda

Koichi Ueda

Taichi Suzuki

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