Ranman (2023)


In Full Bloom
The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a boy who loves plants and flowers and led a straightforward life. His life was colored by the many vivid encounters he had with many people. People whom Mantaro met in his hometown of Kochi, and whose way of life and words gave him a guideline for his life. "Ranman," is a drama in which charming characters bloom freely around the main character, Mantaro, just like flowers.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Makino Mantaro Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Makino Sueko Minami Hamabe
- Makino Hisa Ryoko Hirosue
- Makino Aya Yui Sakuma
- Makino Taki Keiko Matsuzaka
- Takeo Jun Shison
- Yamane Hironori Inoue Sora

Season 1
2023
130 episodes
Season 1 of Ranman premiered on April 3, 2023
The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a boy who loves plants and flowers. He is sickly from birth and soon falls ill with a fever. Deeply hurt by his relatives' unkind words, "Mantaro should never have been born at all", Mantaro runs away from home, defying his mother Hisa (Ryoko Hirosue), who is lying in bed ill. He ends up at a shrine in the mountains behind his house, where he has a mysterious encounter with a mysterious warrior.
Recommendations
Keywords
- botanist
- jidaigeki
- meiji period
- asadora
- bakumatsu