ACTORS

CHARACTERS

 

Nakamura Toru

中村トオル

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

TV Asahi / Kyodo TV

2002.04.11 ~ 2002.6.20

 

kazoku ga kieta

mata kazoku ga kieta

manatsu no santa kuro-su

ai no kiseki.....

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