A drama depicting the journey of Aizawa Suzu, a girl that is forced to survive against all odds, while also trying to save her mom from dying.

Ie Naki Ko (Homeless Child / Child Without a Home) is a 1994 drama which scored the highest audience rating in the year 1994 (37.2 %).

It follows adventures of a young girl called Suzu who tries to endure all the hardships in her way while trying to save her mother from dying.

This took so many months to complete. Even now, I am still not 100% happy with some lines, but I just wanted to share and stop working on it. There were too many difficult sections that made me give up several times. If you spot any mistakes, please kindly tell me. I am sure the subs aren't the best in some sections, but I am just one person working on it, so keep that in mind.

The episodes were timed to 432p raws, but they worked quite well with the 480p raws after some minor retiming. 480p raws are slightly better quality, but also bigger in size. The difference isn't that big. Thanks to raredoramas for providing the 480p raws. Of course, the most preferable way of watching is by downloading the files, but if that's inconvenient for you, hardsub is also available. If you're on PC, make sure you install the provided fonts by double clicking on them.

Note: The upscale is just a regular upscale (not an AI upscale!) to prevent subtitles being downsampled, so they are more readable. This hardsub is bigger in size, so use the other one if you care about data consumption.

The continuation of season 1 is the movie, which you can find subbed here. I do want to sub season 2 one day, but I have to finish Dousoukai first.

Lastly, prepare your tissues. It's such a beautiful drama.

Cast:
Adachi Yumi as Aizawa Suzu
Naitou Takashi as Aizawa Satoshi
Tanaka Yoshiko as Aizawa Youko
Pyun Pyun as Ryuu (dog)
Hosaka Naoki as Katashima Tomoyuki
Tsuruta Shinobu as Tomoyuki's father
Mizuno Maki as Okazaki Shouko
Shindou Emi as Okazaki Reiko
Ono Takehiko as OS Enterprise secretary
Kyoumoto Masaki as Kurosaki Kazuhiko
Tsukamoto Nobuo as Nagai Hideo
Nishida Ayaka as Sonoda Mayumi
Shinohara Toshiharu as Sonoda Kimiaki
Koyanagi Rumiko as Sonoda Kyouko
Ogura Ichirou as Sonoda Kazuo
Sugai Kin as Tabata Mitsue
Matsuda Masaru as Tazaki Keita
Hamada Maha as Nami
Murata Yasunori as one of the brothers in Tabata gang
Kayashima Narumi as Asano Tomoe
Hosokawa Toshiyuki as Ootsubo Eiji
Fukaura Kanako as Ichijou Tsuruko
Shinohara Toshiharu as Takigawa Jun
Morikawa Shouta as Takigawa Jun's father
Nakaho Tomi as Takigawa Masumi
Kusanagi Koujirou as Principal of Shuugakuin
Miki Mikiko as Teacher at Shuugakuin
Shinsui Sanshou as Security Guard at Shuugakuin
Konoshima Aiko as Guard at Kanto Juvenile Detention Center
Saitou Yousuke as Police officer 
Nakanishi Ryouta as Police Officer
Ishikura Saburou as Shoe polisher
Sakai Toshiya as sexual deviant
Kouno Keiko as Hyuuga Yukiko
Hikomaro / Hara Yoshihiko as Banker
Nagasawa Dai as Mr. Higuchi
Izumi Akiko as Mrs. Higuchi
Sagata Keiko as Morimoto Noriko
Kimura Midori as Morimoto Noriko's mother
Tachibana Yukiko as Real estate agent
Yoneyama Zenkichi as Nakayama Fumihiko
Nakazaki Tatsuya as Student
Sendai Eri as Student
Narimoto Reiko as Student
Warashina Miki as Student
Nishikawa Yoshirou as Shige
Mano Keiichi as Asano Masahiko

Original Soundtrack by Senju Akira

(The instrumental soundtrack was actually made available for free starting July 2023!!!! Such a beautiful surprise after so many years. You can find it on Youtube or Spotify or download my rip here.)

Theme song: Nakajima Miyuki - Between the Sky and You
Production - Nippon TV
Script - Itou Toshiya and Takatsuki Shinya
Planning - Nojima Shinji
Direction - Hagiwara Takaaki and Hosono Hidenobu

Links

Mega Hardsubbed

Upscale
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Mega raws + subs 
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