Complete [J-Movie] Nagisa no Shindobaddo

Title: 渚のシンドバッド

Title (romaji): Nagisa no Shindobaddo

Title (English): Like Grains of Sand

Genre: Yaoi, Romance

Broadcast period: December 16, 1995

Synopsis

A psychological drama about love, longing, homosexual desire and psychological turmoil—i.e., the perils of puberty. Ito is a shy boy in the top class at secondary school. He feels attracted to his classmate and best friend Yoshida, who is not aware of Ito's intimate feelings. They spend much time with Kanbara, whose comic actions hide his sensitive nature. Aihara (Ayumi Hamasaki) is new at school and remains aloof with her cool attitude. No one knows that at her previous school she was raped and is now in therapy. Meanwhile Yoshida, who is currently involved with the insecure Shimizu, is interested in Aihara, the mysterious new girl. It is obvious that each teen is hiding behind a wall which they must break through during this tough process of maturation.

Cast

Yoshinori Okada as Shuji Ito

Ayumi Hamasaki as Kasane Aihara

Kouji Yamaguchi as Touru Kanbara

Kumi Takada as Ayako Shimizu

Shizuka Isami as Rika Matsuo

Kouta Kusano as Hiroyuki Yoshida

Yoshihiko Hakamada as Fujita

Bang-ho Cho as Teacher

Miyako Yamaguchi as Ms. Yoshida

Toshie Negishi as Ms. Nezu

Kunio Murai as Shuji's Father

Hiroko Anzai

Kenichiro Samejima

Kazumi Ikeda

Chiharu Ishikawa as Noriko Yoshida