is a
Japanese television drama
, also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily.
Format
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that premiered on
TV Asahi
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on January 10, 2005. It ran for 12 episodes until its conclusion on March 10, 2005. Set in a virtual simulation of
Shibuya, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial center, Shibuya houses one of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station.
As of January 1, 2024, Shibuya Ward has an estimated population of 230,609 in 142,443 households ...
which is regulated by an entity named Piece which does not allow inhabitants to live, the series focuses on a fifteen-year-old boy named Tsuyoshi who seeks to find both his lost memories and a way to escape Shibuya. To maintain control, Piece "kills" those who do not operate within the proper confines of the world, which results in their being reset and inserted back into the city with a new name and identity and without their previous memories.
The episodes are directed by
Nobuhiro Suzuki and
Ryuta Tasaki, using scripts written by
Shoji Yonemura. Their soundtrack was composed by
Kuniaki Haishima. A single volume manga adaptation, written and illustrated by
Go Yabuki, was released by
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...
on July 1, 2005.
Cast
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Saya Yūki as Tsuyoshi
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Yui Aragaki as Ema
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Yuria Haga as Asagi
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Toru Yamashita as Ryuugo
*Uehara Takuya as DJ
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Mao Kato as Mikio
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Tomohisa Yuge as Kengo
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Mitsuru Karahashi as Ootomo
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Mark Musashi as Piece
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Risa Ai as Haru
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Takashi Matsuyama as Igaya
Episode list
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 0780993, Sh15uya
2005 Japanese television series debuts
2005 Japanese television series endings
Japanese drama television series
TV Asahi original programming