Akai Ito (TV series)
| Akai Ito | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama |
| Written by | Ritsuko Hanzawa, Chiho Watanabe |
| Directed by | Shosuke Murakami, Yasuhiro Kawamura |
| Ending theme | 366 Nichi by HY |
| Composer(s) | Yugo Kanno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Masayuki Sekiya, Yoshihiko Taneda, Aya Moriyasu |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fuji TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original release | December 6, 2008 – February 28, 2009 |
| External links | |
| official page | |
Akai Ito (赤い糸) is Japanese television drama series based on a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.
Cast
- Nao Minamisawa as Mei Takemiya
- Junpei Mizobata as Atsushi Nishino
- Tajima Ryo as Mitsuru Kamiya
- Sayuri Iwata as Haruna Takemiya
- Ryo Kimura as Riku Takahashi
- Rei Okamoto as Mia Amagishi
- Anna Ishibashi - Asami Tadokoro
- Nanami Sakuraba - Sara Nakagawa
- Tomo Yanagishita - Natsuki Fujiwara
- Kasumi Suzuki - Yuri Nakanishi
- Hiroshi Yazaki - Yuya Shinozaki
- Kaoru Hirata - Miyabi Kawaguchi
- Ryuya Wakaba - Shu Yasuda
- Kenji Matsuda - Koichi Murakoshi
- Mirai Yamamoto - Natsumi Nishino
- Shigemitsu Ogi - Takamichi Morisaki
- Noriko Watanabe - Sachiko Takemiya
Ratings
| Episode | Title | Rating (Kanto Region) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I fell in love with you the moment I saw you | 7.5% |
| 2 | The Chocolate That Heals Loneliness | 8.4% |
| 3 | When the Two of Us Met | 7.8% |
| 4 | The Nagasaki Sky | 10.0% |
| 5 | The Ineffective Drug | 10.8% |
| 6 | The Thread is Broken | 8.0% |
| 7 | A New Love Begins | 8.4% |
| 8 | Red Thread of Fate | 8.0% |
| 9 | The 366th Day | 8.9% |
| 10 | The Children Who Can't be Adults | 7.0% |
| 11 | Even so, it's okay, it seems I'm in love | 8.9% |
| average | 8.5% | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
See also
Notes
- The movie, produced by Shochiku, was released on 2008-Dec-20.
- Both movie and TV versions feature the same staff and cast and also carry storylines that are closely connected.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
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