is a
Japanese television drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thrill ...
that premiered on
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Com ...
on January 10, 2005. It ran for 12 episodes until its conclusion on March 10, 2005. Set in a virtual simulation of
Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya ( 渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station.
As of April ...
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 s ...
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
is a Japanese actor who has had roles in numerous TV Asahi Tokusatsu shows, including ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' and '' Kamen Rider Kabuto'', as well as a number of films.
Filmography Drama
*''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' (2003), Goro Yura (Kamen Rider Zold ...
as Kengo
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Mitsuru Karahashi as Ootomo
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Mark Musashi
Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi (born April 26, 1977 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan), better known by the stage name , is a Wushu martial artist and a stuntman/actor or Gaijin tarento. Raised in Buckfield, Maine, he attended Dartmouth Colle ...
as Piece
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Risa Ai as Haru
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Takashi Matsuyama as Igaya
Episode list
References
External links
Official TV Asahi website
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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