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ACTORS |
CHARACTERS |
Nakamura Toru 中村トオル
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Nakagawa Ohta 中河欧太 Age 38. The young president of an up & coming company in real estate development “River Runs”. Putting to good use available resort lands after the collapse of the bubble economy, he opens “Motosumi Resort Home” in the suburbs, a long cherished dream of his. |
Zaizen Naomi 財前直見
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Nakagawa Yuko 中河悠子 Age 34. Worked in a publishing company after graduating from college. Met Outa 10 years ago during one of her reporting assignments & married him. They have a 9 year old daughter – Mina. At present, she works part time from home as a proofreader. With her family, she should be spending happy days at their new home but..... |
Kakei Toshio 筧 利夫 |
Yamaji Kohei 山路康平 Age 34. Worked part time as an interpreter to support himself through college. After his graduation, he worked as an interpreter for pro baseball & is now an official J League Team interpreter in town. Single-mindedly cheerful, a character that is easily elated. |
Akimoto Naomi 秋本奈緒美 |
Yamaji Kimie 山路君枝 Age 35. Met & married Kouhei while she was working at the news department of a TV station. They have a 9 year old son, Satoru, with whom they live with together. A fulltime housewife, she takes weekly cooking classes. An 'older sister' housewife type. |
Tanabe Seiichi 田辺誠一 |
Shindo Yoji 進藤要士 Age 35. Works at “Rose Life Insurance”, a foreign life insurance company, holding the title of “Total Life Planner”. Somewhere in his cool persona exudes a touch of melancholy. |
Watanabe Yuki 渡辺由紀 |
Shindo Moe 進藤 萌 Age 30. Rather ignorant of the ways of the world, a little childish in nature. Makes dolls as a hobby. Has an 8 year old son Takuya with her husband Youji but uneasy of the lingering shadow cast by her husband’s ex-girlfriend, she is emotionally unstable & has an alcohol dependency problem. |
Furuta Arata 古田新太 |
Kuzui Tadamichi 葛井忠道 Age 42. A former member of the Self-Defense Forces. Due to a turn of events after he is discharged from the forces, he is taken care of by Outa & now works for “River Runs”. Ever since then, he has become Outa’s right hand man, a strong & wiry character, single handedly doing all the dirty work. |
Osugi Ren 大杉 漣 |
Atsuta Eisuke 熱田永輔 Age 48. A detective of the Nagano Prefecture Police. Lost his left arm & leg in a shotgun accident. Dressed completely in black & dark sunglasses, projects a strange presence, overpowering all those around him. |
Ryo りょう |
Mei-Lin 美淋 Age 28. Atsuta’s de facto wife from China. Completely devoted to Atsuta for sacrificing himself in her place in the accident. Her cheerfulness & kindness, at times, soothes his dark & heavy soul. |
Takachi Noboru 高知東生 |
Honma Hideo 本間秀夫 A detective of the Nagano Prefecture Police. |
Ohira Natsumi 大平奈津美 |
Nakagawa Mina 中河美奈 Age 9. The Nakagawa's only daughter. |
Kataoka Ryou 片岡 涼 |
Shindo Takuya 進藤卓也 Age 8. The Shindou's only son. |
Tokiwa Yuuki 常盤裕貴 |
Yamaji Satoru 山路 悟 Age 9. The Yamaji's only son. |
Itou Yuuko 伊藤裕子 |
Oide Ruiko 大出類子 Employee of the Tokyo Metro Bank. Killed in a robbery on Christmas Eve, 1990 while working at the bank's Australian Gold Coast branch. |
Nakamaru Shinsho 中丸新将 |
Ushijima Toshiaki 牛島年秋 The branch manager of the Tokyo Metro Bank, Gold Coast Australia at the time of the robbery. |
Producers
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Uchiyama Satoko 内山智子 (TV Asahi)
Nakagomi Takuya 中込卓也 (TV Asahi)
Sekiguchi Shizuo 関口静夫 (Kyodo TV) |
Directors
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Nishitani Hiroshi 西谷 弘
Murakami Masanori 村上 正典 |
Script |
Nozawa Hisashi 野沢 尚 |
Music |
Mizoguchi Hajime 溝口 肇 |
Theme Song |
Forever to me ~ 終わりなき悲しみ 〜 (Forever to me ~ owarinaki kanashimi ~) the brilliant green |
On Air
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TV Asahi / Kyodo TV 2002.04.11 ~ 2002.6.20 |