Complete (J-Drama) Taiyo no Uta

Complete (J-Drama) Taiyo no Uta

Title: タイヨウのうた

Title (romaji): Taiyo no Uta

Also known as: Midnight Sun / A Song to the Sun

Genre: Romance, Human drama

Renzoku

Format: Renzoku

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2006, July 14 to 2006, September 15

Air time: Friday 22:00

Theme songs:

Opening: Invitation by Shibasaki Kou

Insert: Taiyou no Uta by Kaoru Amane

Insert: Stay With Me by Kaoru Amane

Synopsis

While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Fujishiro Koji meets Kaoru Amane, a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), and can’t be exposed to the sun. Under the sun, the two would never have met. Still, destiny brings the two together. Since the day he suddenly lost his job, Koji has lost sight of his dreams. But when he meets Kaoru, who is making positive efforts to become a singer, Koji regains his long-forgotten passion for music.

Cast

Yamada Takayuki as Fujishiro Koji

Sawajiri Erika as Amane Kaoru

Matsushita Nao as Tachibana Asami

Tanaka Kei as Onishi Yuta

Sato Megumi as Matsumae Misaki

Hamada Gaku as Kato Haruo

Kawamura Yosuke as Tatsunami Ryusuke

Hara Fumina as Reisa

Kobayashi Mao as Miura Yuko

Becky as Emily

Kaname Jun as Kudo Yohei

Kuroda Chieko a Amane Yuki

Yamamoto Kei as Enokido Shinichi

Katsumura Masanobu as Amane Ken

Takenaka Naoto as Miura Osamu

Sato Jiro as the security guard

Sakai Toshiya as Koji's former employer (ep1)

Nakamura Tsuyoshi as Asami's assistant (ep1)

Megumi Toshiaki as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep1)

Kaiho Chisato as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep1)

Miyata Daizo (ep6)

Hankai Kazuaki as paparazzi (ep7-9)

Fuse Eri

Yamamoto Mirai

Movie

Release Date: 2006, June 17

Theme Song: Good-bye Days by Yui

Synopsis

Kaoru Amane, 16 years old, did not attend school but instead sang herself away every night after dark at a square in front of a train station with a guitar in her hands. She led a lifestyle opposite the norm, sleeping during the day and active at night. Kaoru was suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), an illness, which also might be described as the allergy to the sun, and was not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. The only motivation in her life was singing, which also was the only connection to the outside world. One day, an incident drastically changes her life...

Kaoru returns home at 4:00 am, before sunrise. Outside her room window, she spots a high school student standing with a surf board in his hands. It becomes her routine to watch him and his friends come and go to the ocean every morning, before going to sleep.

Their destined encounter takes place during the few hours before the break of day, drawing together two individuals that would have never met in daylight. However, Koji does not know about her illness. The two rapidly fall for one another and continues to meet in the city at night. Then one day, an incident leads Koji to learn of Kaoru's illness. Kaoru gives up her first love telling herself that, "I shouldn't have allowed myself to dream of a happy life. I am not normal after all." She even gives up singing. Koji seeing Kaoru at such a state encourages her by suggesting, "Let's meet only at night," and comes up with a brilliant present for her.

She had been leading a life carefully placing herself beyond the reach of harm, with no intent to pursue a dream. However, Koji had shone a light on her heart making her want to sing once again. However, her illness which has quietly progressed, has started to pressure her nerve system, keeping her from playing the guitar at her will...

Cast

Yui as Kaoru Amane

Takashi Tsukamoto as Koji Fujishiro

Kuniko Asagi as Yuki Amane

Eri Fuse

Gaku Hamada

Goro Kishitani as Ken Amane

Takashi Kobayashi

Jun Kaname

Magii

Sogen Tanaka as Haruo Kato

Airi Toriyama as Misaki Matsumae

Hajime Yamazaki

Yu Koyanagi