Kaze no Naka no Shoujo: Kinpatsu no Jeanie
The Girl in the Wind: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair • 風の中の少女 金髪のジェニー
TV · 1992 · 52 eps · Finished · Score 6.5
Genres: Drama
Themes: Historical, Foreign, Classic Literature, Class Struggle, Heterosexual, Coming of Age, Family Life, School, Travel
Studios: Nippon Animation
Synopsis
The story begins in a small town, Pennsylvania in 1838. Jeanie MacDowell is a cheerful and beautiful girl with light brown hair. Jeanie enjoys playing the piano and loves taking piano lessons from her mother. Steven, a good harmonica player, and Bill, a black boy who is very good at playing the banjo, are great friends of Jeanie’s. They enjoy playing music together like a small band. However, Jeanie’s happy life changes dramatically after her mother suddenly passes away. Experiencing many difficulties and learning the importance of life, she decides to devote her life to helping many people suffering from illness. This series is a highly emotional love story about the relationship between young Stephen Foster, who later becomes a famous composer and author of children’s songs, and young Jeanie MacDowell, who becomes Stephen Foster’s wife.
Voice Actors
- Mitsuko Horie as Jeanie MacDowell
- Masami Kikuchi as Bill
- Toshiko Fujita as Steven
- Chafuurin as Will
- Tomie Kataoka as Reba
- Masako Katsuki as Diana
- Megumi Tano as Roy
- Miki Takahashi as Dorothy
- Takehito Koyasu as Bank Robber
- Kinryuu Arimoto as Freddy MacDowell
- Kei Hayami as Susan
- Noriko Oka as Mami
- Keaton Yamada as Dr. Sandy
- Ako Mayama as Mickey
- Teruhisa Tsuyusaki as Robert Larkin
- Hidetoshi Nakamura as Henry Foster
- Nobuaki Fukuda as Kerry
- Yuzuru Fujimoto as Larkin Shichou
- Waka Kanda as Angela MacDowell
- Takkou Ishimori as Big Joe
- Emi Shinohara as Ms. Margaret
- Tomoyuki Dan as Kent