Complete (J-Drama) LIFE

Complete (J-Drama) LIFE

Title: ライフ

Title (English): LIFE

Format: Renzoku

Genre: School drama

Episodes: 11

Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Broadcast period: 2007, June 30 to 2007, September 15

Air time: Saturday 23:00

Theme song: LIFE by Nakashima Mika

Synopsis

Adapted from Keiko Suenobu's manga "LIFE," this drama delves into the dark side of high school life. The story focuses mainly on bullying, but the manga also touches on subjects such as self-mutilation, suicide, and rape. Kitano Kii stars as Ayumu Shiiba, one of the students bullied by a group of classmates led by Ayumu's former friend, Manami Anzai (Fukuda Saki).

Cast

Kitano Kii as Shiiba Ayumu

Fukuda Saki as Anzai Manami

Hosoda Yoshihiko as Sako Katsumi

Hojo Takahiro as Sonoda Yuuki

Seki Megumi as Hatori Miki

Hoshii Nanase as Hirose Nodoka

Suenaga Haruka as Iwamoto Midori

Natsume Suzu (夏目鈴) as Uda Rie

Nakamura Tomoya as Kano Akira

Hirano Sayaka (平野早香) as Sato Reina

Yamada Kenta (山田健太) as Endo Koichi

Uemura Chika (うえむらちか) as Kadokura Yukino

Other 1-2 students

Arai Ryuhei (新井隆平) as Edamoto Shinya

Hanaoka Yuu (花丘優) as Hozumi Tomoyasu

Iikura Naohito (飯倉直人) as Tachibana Yoshio

Ono Tsubasa (大野翼) as Nishioka Naoya

Kubo Naoki (久保尚暉) as Suzuki Masayuki

Watanabe Daiki (渡辺大貴) as Yoshida Junpei

Horisawa Kazumi (堀澤かずみ) as Negishi Miho

Saito Manami (斎藤麻奈美) as Terajima Akemi

Sakamoto Rion (坂本りおん) as Kudo Satomi

Suzuki Rino (鈴木梨乃) as Chiba Kami

Nakabeppu Aoi as Mamiya Chie

Ikeda Masaki (池田光咲) as Nomura Misaki

Nishida Natsumi (西田奈津美) as Abe Yukari

Nishikan Teachers

Seto Asaka as Toda Wakae

Sakai Miki as Hiraoka Masako

Yajima Kenichi as Iwaki Masashi

Nikaido Satoshi as Tasaki Yo

Family members

Maya Miki as Shiiba Fumiko

Hosoi Masataka (細井允貴) as Shiiba Makoto

Ono Takehiko as Anzai Daijiro

Katsumura Masanobu as Sako Toshikatsu

Others

Osawa Akane as Shinozuka Yuko

Yamane Kazuma as Kanno Akira