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Posted by HPriest TH STAFF Monday, November 29, 2010

Uemura Kana's song "Toilet no Kamisama" to be adapted into a drama special!

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After snatching two awards for her newest song,�"Toilet no Kamisama" at the Japan Record Awards 2010, singer-songwriter Uemura Kana decidedly deserved to receive an invite to this year's "Kouhaku Uta Gassen." But she must be over the moon with how well her career is going this year, as an announcement was made today that TBS was going to produce a drama special based on the song, starring Kitano Kii (19), Ashida Mana (6) and Iwashi Tashima (69).

"Toilet no Kamisama" is an almost 10-minute song, which Uemura dedicated to her late grandmother. In January, every radio station started to play the song and people of all age groups began to fall in love with it. Her popularity skyrocketed and eventually led to a book and a picture book adaptation of the same title. Indeed, many are looking forward to see her perform the unedited 10-minute-long song at this year's "Kouhaku Uta Gassen".

In the drama, Uemura's early childhood will be portrayed by child actress Ashida while Kitano (picture on the bottom) is going to portray Uemura during her senior high school days. Iwashi will play her grandmother and Natsukawa Yui (42) will play as her divorced mother.

Kitano remarked about the song: "I have already been aware about Uemura Kan's 'Toilet no Kamisama' before taking the role. It doesn't really feel like 9 minutes and 52 seconds while listening to it. The lyrics are great and Uemura's appearance while holding onto her guitar is impressive."

TBS will broadcast the drama special on January 5th, 2011 at 9:00PM.


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If you haven't checked out this highly-popular song yet, be sure to look at the music video and the translated lyrics below!



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Around the time that I was in 3rd grade
I lived with my grandmother
My parent's house was next door but
I lived with my grandmother

Everyday, I helped out
I even played gobang
But my grandmother said this to me
because I couldn't clean the toilet,

My goodness, there's
a goddess at the toilet
That's why if you clean the toilet,
You can become beautiful like the goddess

From that day on
I started making the toilet shine
"I'll definitely become a beautiful woman"
Every day I polished it

When we went out to go shopping
We both had roasted duck
My grandmother missed her new comedy show
and cried and blamed me

My goodness, there's
a goddess at the toilet
That's why if you clean the toilet
You can become beautiful like the goddess

I became an adult
and I bumped heads with my grandma
I couldn't make a family
and I had no place to stay

I didn't return home on days off
I was out with my boyfriend
Both of us stopped playing
gobang and eating roasted duck

I wonder why people hurt others
and we lose things close to us
She was always by my side and I abandoned her

It's been two years since I left for Tokyo
Grandma is in the hospital
She's losing weight and got thin
I went to go see her

I said, "Granny, I'm back!"
just like I used to
We spoke a little bit
I said I'll come back and left the room

The next morning grandma
quietly fell asleep
It was just as if
she was waiting for me to come back
Even though she raised me properly
Even though I could repay her back
Even though I wasn't a good grandchild
She waited for me

My goodness, there's
a goddess at the toilet
That's why if you clean the toilet
You can become beautiful like the goddess

I had a dream to become
a wife with a good disposition
Today I'm going to
make the toilet shine alone

Grandma
Grandma
Thank you
Grandma
Thank you
From the bottom of my heart

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Source: mainichi.jp

  1. KITANO-KII
  2. UEMURA-KANA
  3. TOILET-NO-KAMISAMA
  4. ASHIDA-MANA
  5. IWASHI-TASHIMA
  6. SPECIAL
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