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''Summer Snow'' 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 All major Television networks, TV networks in Japan produce a variety of Drama (genre), drama serie ...
that was broadcast from July 7 to September 15, 2000, on TBS. It is a love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an activity-restricting ailment. The title refers to
marine snow In the deep ocean, marine snow (also known as "ocean dandruff") is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to ...
, which the two promise to see together one day. The series comprises eleven episodes.


Summary

Natsuo (
Domoto Tsuyoshi is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of Domoto, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Starto Entertainment (formerly o ...
) has been looking after his younger brother Jun and sister Chika since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki ( Hirosue Ryōko) becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon.


Cast

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Tsuyoshi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of Domoto, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Starto Entertainment (formerly ...
- Shinoda Natsuo * Ryōko Hirosue - Katase Yuki * Tsubasa Imai - Suetsugu Hiroto *
Ikewaki Chizuru is a Japanese actress. Career Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in ''Osaka Story''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance (Japanese TV series), Penance' ...
- Shinoda Chika * Shunsuke Nakamura - Tachibana Seiji * Kadono Takuzo - Katase Shogo * Hideko Hara - Sakurai Miyako *
Shun Oguri is a Japanese people, Japanese actor and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor. He started in small roles as extra in the works ...
- Shinoda Jun


Songs and theme songs

*"Natsuno Osama" by
KinKi Kids is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly of Johnny & Associates). Domoto was formed in 1993 as Kinki Kids and officially debuted on July 21, 1997. With more than 30 m ...
*"Summer Snow" by Sissel and Zamfir *"Seven Angels" by Sissel


Summer Snow (song)

"Summer Snow" was released as a single by the Norwegian soprano
Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. She is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals and operati ...
and Zamfir in 2000. It is based on the traditional song " The Water Is Wide". The single also includes the song "Seven Angels" with Sissel and Zamfir.


References


External links


Summer Snow on IMDb
{{Sissel Kyrkjebø Japanese drama television series 2000 Japanese television series debuts 2000 Japanese television series endings TBS Television (Japan) dramas