Complete [J-Drama] Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Title: 池袋ウエストゲートパーク

Title (romaji): Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Also known as: IWGP

Episodes: 11 + 1 Special

Genre: Human drama

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-14 to 2000-Jun-23

Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Theme song: Bokuyaku no Sora by SADS

Synopsis

This story follows a young man named Makoto who lives in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, an area known for youth delinquency and gangs. In fact, one of Makoto's best friends from high school, Takeshi, is the "king" or leader, of one such gang, called the G-Boys. Makoto is known for being tough and smart, and while trying to solve the mystery of a friend's death, he finds himself a somewhat unwilling helper in many mysteries and problems of IWGP inhabitants. All the while, gang tension is mounting between his best friend's gang (which Makoto refuses to join) and a new gang, the "Black Angels."

Cast

Nagase Tomoya as Makoto Majima

Kato Ai as Hikaru

Kubozuka Yosuke as Takashi (King of G-Boys)

Morishita Aiko as Ritsuko Majima (Makoto's mother}

Yamashita Tomohisa as Shun Mizuno

Sakaguchi Kenji as Yamai (Doberman)

Yazawa Shin as Chiaki

Koyuki as Matsui Kana

Kitaro as Yoshioka

Watanabe Ken as Yokoyama

Tsumabuki Satoshi as Saitou Fujio

Sato Ryuta as Masa

Sugita Kaoru

Abe Sadao as Hamaguchi

Watanabe Tetsu Tetsu (Takashi's father)

Maehara Kazuki Sakurai (police officer)

Waki Tomohiro (member of G-Boys)

Nishijima Kazuhiro

Takahashi Issei as Kazunori

Yusef Lotfi as Ali

Ikezu Shoko as Jessie

Guest

Kawasaki Mayo as himself (ep1)

Sakai Wakana as Nakamura Rika (ep1)

Oguri Shun as Yoshikazu (ep2)

Endo Kenichi as Hidaka-san (a yakuza) (ep3,11)

Murasugi Seminosuke as Satou Tsukasa aka Gomi-san (the stalker) (ep5)