{{Infobox television | image = Beautiful Rain poster.jpg | caption = poster | alt_name = | genre = Drama | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Etsushi Toyokawa, Mana Ashida | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Japan | language = Japanese | num_seasons = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = 54 minutes | company = Fuji TV<br />Kyodo TV | network = Fuji TV | first_aired = {{start date|2012|7|1}} | last_aired = {{end date|2012|9|}} | related = }} {{nihongo|'''''Beautiful Rain'''''|ビューティフルレイン}} is a 2012 Japanese television drama series. It stars Etsushi Toyokawa as Keisuke and Mana Ashida as Miu, his daughter. Keisuke is diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which drastically affects the family's life.
''Beautiful Rain'' aired from 1 July 2012 as part of Fuji Television's Dramatic Sunday time slot, from 9pm to 9:54pm.<ref name="oricon20120628">{{cite web | url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2013595/full/ |script-title=ja:豊川悦司、芦田愛菜にデレデレ「特に顔が好き、好みのタイプ」 | language=Japanese |accessdate= 2012-07-24 |work= Oricon, Inc. | date=2012-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=『ビューティフルレイン』舞台挨拶レポート - とれたてフジテレビ |url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2012/120628-report.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901123847/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2012/120628-report.html |archive-date=2012-09-01 |access-date=2026-04-14 |website=www.fujitv.co.jp |language=ja}}</ref>
==Cast== * Etsushi Toyokawa as Keisuke Kinoshita * Mana Ashida as Miu Kinoshita * Shohei Miura as Akio Katsuta * Denden as Kiyoshi Muneta * Ken Yasuda as Yutaka Koga * Sayuri Kokusho as Serai Takagi * Haruko Arai as Kotaro Arai * Asaya Kimijima as Kenta Tachibana * Riko Yoshida as Nako Matsuyama * Mitsuko Oka as Chieko Nakamura * Keizo Kanie as Tomio Nakamura * Miki Nakatani as Akane Nishiwaki
==Episodes== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- style="text-align:center" ! ! Episode title ! Romanized title ! Translation of title ! Broadcast date ! Ratings<ref name="artv">{{cite web|url=http://artv.info/ar1207.html#beautifulrain |title=Show schedule and ratings |work=Audience Rating Japan |language=Japanese |accessdate=2012-08-03 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731030136/http://artv.info/ar1207.html |archivedate=2012-07-31 }}</ref> |- | Ep. 1 || | 最近、父ちゃんは忘れ物が多い… || | ''Saikin, tōchan wa wasuremono ga ōi…'' || | ''Recently, Dad seems to have forgotten many things...'' || | July 1, 2012 || | 12.9% |- | Ep. 2 || | 記憶を失うとき一番大切な人を傷つける || | ''Kioku o ushinau toki ichiban taisetsunahito o kizutsukeru'' || | ''When you lose your memory, the most important people to you will be hurt'' || | July 8, 2012 || | 9.5% |- | Ep. 3 || | …父ちゃん、アルツハイマーってなに? || | ''… Tōchan, arutsuhaimā tte nani?'' || | ''...Dad, what is Alzheimer's?'' || | July 15, 2012 || | 8.6% |- | Ep. 4 || | 母が遺した贈り物…父娘の切ない約束 || | ''Haha ga nokoshita okurimono… chichi musume no setsunai yakusoku'' || | ''The gift that your mother left behind... The painful pact between dad and mom'' || | July 22, 2012 || | 13.0% |- | Ep. 5 || | 忘れたくない…父と娘の夏の想い出 || | ''Wasuretakunai… chichitoko no natsu no omoide'' || | ''The memory that I do not want to forget...The memories of a father's and daughter's summer together'' || | July 29, 2012 || | 9.5% |- | Ep. 6 || | 親子だからこそ…、言えない秘密 || | ''Oyakodakara koso…, ienai himitsu'' || | ''That is why between a parent and a child... there is no secrets that cannot be said'' || | August 5, 2012 || | 10.9% |- | Ep. 7 || | 二人で暮らせない辛い父の決断… || | ''Futari de kurasenai tsurai chichi no ketsudan…'' || | ''Father's painful decision that the two of us cannot live together'' || | August 12, 2012 || | 8.0% |- | Ep. 8 || | 親なのに、離れる。親だから、離れる || | ''Oyananoni, hanareru. Oyadakara, hanareru'' || | ''Parents will leave nonetheless, so parents, please leave'' || | August 19, 2012 || | 8.7% |- | Ep. 9 || | 娘の未来のために…今、伝えるべき真実 || | ''Musume no mirai no tameni… ima, tsutaerubeki shinjitsu'' || | ''For the sake of my daughter's future, I will tell the truth now'' || | August 26, 2012 || | 9.3% |- | Ep. 10 || | 父ちゃん、美雨の事忘れちゃうの? || | ''Tōchan, Miu no koto wasure chau no?'' || | ''Dad, have you forgotten about Miu's things?'' || | September 2, 2012 || | 10.5% |- | Ep. 11 || | 残された時間、娘のために今できること || | ''Nokosa reta jikan, musume no tame ni imadekirukoto'' || | ''Do what you can now with your daughter in the time that you have left.'' || | September 9, 2012 || | 9.6% |- | Ep. 12 || | 私が全部おぼえているよ || | ''Watashi ga zenbu oboete iru yo'' || | ''I will remember everything.'' || | September 16, 2012 || | 9.6% |- !colspan="6"| Ratings for Kanto region (average rating: 10.1%)<ref name="artv" /> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website |http://www.fujitv.co.jp/beautifulrain/index.html}} {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.facebook.com/fujitv.beautifulrain ''Beautiful Rain'' on Facebook] {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb title|2398353}}
{{S-start}} {{Succession box | before = ''Kazoku no Uta'' <br/><small>(15/4/2012 - 3/6/2012)</small> | title = Fuji TV Dramatic Sunday <br/> ドラマチック・サンデー <br/> Sundays 21:00 - 21:54 (JST) | years = | after = ''Tokyo Airport: Air Traffic Controller'' <br/><small>(14/10/2012 - December 2012)</small> |-}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beautiful Rain}} Category:Japanese drama television series Category:2012 Japanese television series debuts Category:2012 Japanese television series endings Category:Fuji Television dramas