The Story of Yamada Taro

Original title: 山田太郎ものがたり

• 2007
• •
• Ended

• Drama

★ 5.6 TMDB Rating · 5 votes

Taro Yamada is a scholarship student at Ichinomiya High School. He’s smart, athletic, and handsome—so everyone assumes he’s wealthy. In reality, he lives in poverty with his mother and six younger siblings in one small room, and his father Kazuo is an absent wandering artist. Taro works part-time to support the family. Together with his best friend Takuya Mimura and classmates, Taro navigates comedic and touching moments. Through friendship, romance, and family bonds, the series asks what true happiness really means. It’s a heartwarming coming-of-age story.

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Episode length

~48m

First aired

Jul 6, 2007

Networks

TBS

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan