Ryūsei no Kizuna
| Ryūsei no Kizuna 流星の絆 | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Ties of Shooting Stars |
| Genre | Mystery, suspense |
| Starring |
Kazunari Ninomiya Ryo Nishikido Erika Toda |
| Opening theme | "Beautiful Days" |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Aki Isoyama Jun Nasuda |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TBS |
| Original run | October 17, 2008 – December 19, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆 lit. Meteor Bonds) is a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino and also a Japanese television drama adapted from the novel. The novel was released on March 5, 2008, after being serialized in Weekly Gendai from September 16, 2006 until September 15, 2007. With the opening theme "Beautiful days" by Arashi and the insert song "Orion" by Mika Nakashima, the drama series began on October 17, 2008.
Cast
- Kazunari Ninomiya as Koichi Ariake
- Ryusei Saito as young Koichi
- Ryo Nishikido as Taisuke Ariake
- Issei Kakazu as young Taisuke
- Erika Toda as Shizuna Ariake
- Sea Kumada as young Shizuna
- Jun Kaname as Yukinari Togami
- Toshinori Omi as George Hayashi
- Osamu Shitara as Shinji Hagimura
- Akira Emoto as Masayuki Togami
- Ryo as Toko Ariake
- Susumu Terajima as Yukihiro Ariake
- Tomokazu Miura as Yasutaka Kashiwabara
- Kenta Kiritani as Hisanobu Takayama
- Mika Nakashima as Sagi
Guests
- Taiyo Sugiura as Kazuya Saigō (ep 1,4)
- Shoko Ikezu as Miwa Katsuragi (ep 1)
- Tomiyuki Kunihiro as Nobuo Yazaki (ep 3,6)
- Seminosuke Murasugi as Katsuo Tsukimura (ep 3-5,8)
- Kazuaki Hankai as Teranishi (ep 3,6)
- David Ito as Takehiro Sawai (ep 4)
- Eri Tokunaga as Chiemi (ep 4)
- Yumi Aso as Toko Yazaki (ep 5,6)
- Aiko Morishita as Kimiko Togami (ep 5-10)
- Shoichiro Tanigawa as a restaurant manager (ep 5)
- Kiyohiko Ichihara as a shopkeeper (ep 5)
- Akio Kaneda as chief clerk (ep 7)
- Yusuke Shoji as Tsujimura (ep 7)
Staff
- Script: Kankurō Kudō
- Soundtrack: Shin Kōno (河野 伸 Kōno Shin)
- Producer: Jun Nasuda (那須 田淳 Nasuda Jun), Akira Isoyama (磯山 晶 Isoyama Akira)
- Director: Kaneko Fuminori (金子 文紀 Fuminori Kaneko), Yasuharu Ishii (石井 康晴 Ishii Yasuharu)
Episodes
| Episode | Air date | Title | Director | Rating | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 17, 2008 | Higashino Keigo x Kudo Kankuro! The No.1 Tearful, Moving, Epic Mystery | Kaneko Fuminori | 21.2% | Extra 15 minutes |
| 2 | October 24, 2008 | The Umbrella, the Portrait, and the Mysterious Woman | 17.3% | ||
| 3 | October 31, 2008 | Parents' Secret and the Hashed Meat Prince | Yasuharu Ishii | 15.0% | |
| 4 | November 7, 2008 | A Memory That is Connected to the Real Perpetrator | 15.6% | ||
| 5 | November 14, 2008 | Enemy's Son and the Stolen Flavour | 15.1% | ||
| 6 | November 21, 2008 | We Are Not Real Brothers and Sister | 14.8% | ||
| 7 | November 28, 2008 | Our Sister is in Love with the Enemy's Son | 14.5% | ||
| 8 | December 5, 2008 | Our Sister's True Self and the Cornered Perpetrator | 11.5% | ||
| 9 | December 11, 2008 | Final Confession On the Day the Statute of Limitation Ends | 15.4% | ||
| 10 | December 18, 2008 | You Are the Perpetrator! The Fate of the 3 Siblings... A Tearful and Moving Final Episode! | 22.6% | Extra 15 minutes | |
| Average Rating: 16.59% | |||||
It was broadcast in Taiwan through Videoland Japan on Monday through Friday from August 3 to 14, 2009. It is broadcast in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through TV Japan, US affiliate of NHK, on every Saturday from October 10, 2009.[1]
References
- ↑ "This month's highlight - October" (in Japanese). TV Japan. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
External links
- Official website
- Weekly Ratings (Japanese)