Complete (J-Drama) Hoshi no Kinka

Complete (J-Drama) Hoshi no Kinka

Season 1

Title: 星の金貨

Also known as: Heaven's Coins / Die Sterntaler

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Romance, medical

Episodes: 12

Broadcast network: NTV

Broadcast period: 1995, April 12 to 1995, July 12

Opening theme song: Aoi Usagi, by Sakai Noriko (Hoshi no Kinka OST)

Synopsis

A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute and she’s secretly in love with Shuichi. After awhile Aya tells him, but Shuichi has decided to return to Tokyo to work but promise Aya that he will return soon and then they will get married. Shortly after he has an accident resulting in a memory loss. Time passes and Aya decides to go to Tokyo to find out what happened.

Cast

Sakai Noriko

Osawa Takao

Takenouchi Yutaka

Hosokawa Naomi

Ibu Masato

Ryu Raita

Sakai Wakako

Tanaka Minako

Kitahara Masaki

Kato Zenpaku

Nishimura Tomomi

Nakamaru Shinsho

Oka Mitsuko

Nishio Takumi

Hisamoto Tomoko

Kikuchi Norie

Nakano Kumiko

Hotaru Yukijirou

Tateishi Ryoko

Tayama Ryosei

Season 2

Title: 續。星の金貨 / Zoku Hoshi no Kinka

Also Known As: Heaven's Coins 2 / Die Sterntaler 2

Episodes: 12 + Special

Broadcasted by: NTV

Broadcast period: 1996, Oktober 09 to 1996, December 25

Opening theme song: Kagami no Doresu / Sakai Noriko

Synopsis

After living together in Hokkaido for around a year, Takumi and Aya return to Tokyo to attend Sonoko's wedding. Knowing that Aya still couldn't forget Shuichi, Takumi decides to give way and let Aya return to Hokkaido with his brother. Just when they are flying off, Takumi has an accident and his legs could no longer move. Feeling that Takumi has always being very good to her, Aya chooses to live with him, and painfully breaks off with Shuichi. She takes up two jobs to uphold the home, but the depressed Takumi starts thinking Aya as pitying him after some talks of others, and bangs all his anger on her.

Cast

Sakai Noriko

Osawa Takao

Takenouchi Yutaka

Nishimura Tomomi

Toda Naho

Sawamura Ikki

Nishio Takumi

Tanaka Minako

Oka Mitsuko

Hosho Mai

Hosokawa Naomi

Season 3

Title: 新・星の金貨

Title (romaji): Shin Hoshi no Kinka

Also known as: Die Sterntaler / Heaven's Coins 3

Genre: Human drama

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: NTV

Broadcast period: 2001, April 25 to 2001 June 27

Air time: Wednesday 22:00-22:54

Theme song: Garasu no Tsubasa ~Hoshi no Kinka~ by Hoshino Mari

Synopsis

Abandoned at the age of five by her mother, deaf and mute Mahiru Morita's life has been filled with sorrow. Living with adoptive parents in Okinawa, she is also routinely treated cruelly at home and at school. But hope springs eternal as she dreams of one day finding her true mother living in far-off Tokyo. Can her dream come true? When young Kazuki, a young man attending university in Tokyo, comes to visit Okinawa on a scuba diving expedition, a life-threatening incident brings the two young hearts together. As their adventure unfolds, young Kazuki recounts to Mahiru the fable of how a young girl is showered with coins from heaven in admiration of her purity of heart. Is Mahiru the one?

Cast

Hoshino Mari as Morita Mahiru

Fujiwara Tatsuya as Muraoka Kazuki

Okina Megumi as Hasegawa Mizuki

Yoshizawa Hisashi as Iwase Makoto

Takasugi Mizuho as Sawagi Hiroto

Yanagisawa Nana as Iwase Rinne

Enoki Takaaki as Mamiya Shusuke

Tanaka Minako as Koizumi Miwa

Shiina Noriko (椎名法子) as Hashimoto Yukari

Osugi Ren as Ishiwatari

Yoshida Hideko as Ishiwatari

Konishi Manami as Aso Eri

Minegishi Toru as Sawaki Mitsuhiko

Tezuka Satomi as Fujisaki Ritsuko

Takewaki Muga (竹脇無我) as Nakatani

Yamamoto Azusa

Complete (J-Drama) Shibuya Fifteen

Complete (J-Drama) Shibuya Fifteen

Title: シブヤフィフティーン

Title (romaji): Shibuya Fifteen

Also Known As: Sh15uya

Episodes: 12

Genre: Action

Air time: Monday 17:12

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Broadcast Period: 2005, January 10 to 2005, March 28

Synopsis

The main character Tsuyoshi (boy) is played by Yuki Saya (girl).

If you are with me you can get it. This is Shibuya but it is not Shibuya. This is where Shibuya 109 is next to 108 (Tokyo), and the highways signs write Shibuya. The people who live in this virtual world are "Shibuya 15". The only thing real is the pain.

Cast

Yuki Saya as Tsuyoshi/Shouta/Rave

Aragaki Yui as Ema

Haga Yuria as Asagi/Miu

Yamashita Tooru as Ryuugo

Uehara Takuya as DJ

Katou Mao as Mikio

Yuge Tomohisa as Kengo

Karahashi Mitsuru as Ootomo

Musashi Mark as Peace

Konno Narumi as Chiko (Episode 1)

Ai Risa as Haru

Amano Hironari as Ginkooin Fuu no Otoko

Iwai Nanase as Nami (Episode 3-5)

Matsuyama Takashi as Igaya

Suga Takamasa as Senkyoushi Fuu no Otoko

Sugiyama Ayano as Fastfood Tenchou

Takatsuki Jun as Takuhaibin no Otoko

Yamasaki Jun as Biyoshi Fuu (Episode 11)

Complete (J-Movie) Shibuya kaidan

Complete (J-Movie) Shibuya kaidan

Movie 1

Title: 渋谷怪談

Title (romaji): Shibuya kaidan

Title (english): The Locker

Broadcast date: 2004, February 07

Synopsis

Six friends travel to the woods for a camping trip, soon after returning, two of them mysteriously disappear. One by one, they begin to disappear after they hear the sound of a baby crying, Now, it's up to them to figure out what's going on before it's to late.

Cast

Fumina Hara as Megumi

Maki Horikita as Ayano

Asami Mizukawa as Rieka

Chisato Morishita

Mayuka Suzuki as Ai Fukami

Toshihiro Wada as Akihiko

Tomohisa Yuge as Keitaro

Tsugumi Shinohara

Movie 2

Title: 渋谷怪談２

Title (romaji): Shibuya kaidan 2

Title (english): The Locker 2

Broadcast date: 2004, February 07

Synopsis

Seconds before Reika (from the first movie) dies, she gives the key to a coin locker to her pupil Ayano. After a hunt for the right coin locker, Ayano finally finds the right one but she soon realizes that some things should be left alone. When some other students at her school finds the coin locker, the curse begins once again. The long haired girl is once again out to get anyone who's opened the coin locker.

Cast

Ken'ichi Matsuyama

Asami Mizukawa as Rieka

Chisato Morishita as Yuna

Chiaki Ota as Chisa Komiyama

Tomohisa Yuge as Takahara

Maki Horikita

Complete (J-Drama) Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta

Complete (J-Drama) Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta

Title: 大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた

Title (romaji): Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta

Title (English): I Learned All the Important Things from You

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Romance, school

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Broadcast period: 2011, January 17 to 2011, March 28

Air time: Monday 21:00

Theme song: EXIT by Porno Graffitti

Synopsis

Toda and Miura play two teachers, Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, at the same high school who are set to get married in half a year. However, the night before the school year's opening ceremony, Shuji becomes involved with the young Hikari Saeki (played by Takei), without realizing that she will be a student in his class starting the next day. As Shuji struggles to help Hikari deal with the mental complex she is suffering from, he is also torn inside by his betrayal of Natsumi. Meanwhile, Hikari attempts to get closer to Natsumi, driven by feelings of jealousy and a desire to destroy the couple's relationship.

Cast

Miura Haruma as Kashiwagi Shuji

Toda Erika as Uemura Natsumi

Nose Anna as Kaneko Masayo

Shinoda Mariko as Todo Sayaka

Uchida Yuki as Mizutani Aya

Nishimura Masahiko as Nakanishi Yoshifumi

Kazama Morio as Tsuruoka Satoshi

Class 2-1

Takei Emi as Saeki Hikari

Suda Masaki as Hiraoka Naoki

Gouriki Ayame (剛力彩芽) as Sonoda Nozomi

Hirose Alice (広瀬アリス) as Kagawa Ryoko

Nakajima Kento as Kodama Kentaro

Ishibashi Anna as Watanabe Yuna

Nagashima Shugo as Taguchi Kazutaka

Ishibashi Natsumi (石橋菜津美) as Kawamoto Mari

Itoh Sairi as Uno Sairi

Nounen Rena (能年玲奈) as Tokunaga Rena

Ohira Natsumi as Chiba Nana

Kuroki Tatsuya as Takiyama Tatsuya

Osamura Koki as Aizawa Koki

Kaechi Momoko (替地桃子) as Makita Reika

Ito Yui (伊藤優衣) as Nishino Yui

Komatsu Mizuki (小松美月) as Yasuda Mizuki

Byrnes Yuki (バーンズ勇気) as Eto Byrnes Ryoma

Maruwaka Kaoru (丸若薫) as Ono Masaya

Okawa Nachi (央川奈知) as Tsujimoto Nachi

Kishida Tatsuya (岸田タツヤ) as Yoshikawa Tatsuya

Nakajima Hiroki (中島広稀) as Nakata Hiroki

Kuramasu Yuki (倉益悠希) as Takahashi Yuki

Okayama Amane (岡山天音) as Momoi Amane

Yonemura Misaki as Yamaguchi Misaki

Ise Mihato (伊勢みはと) as Higuchi Mihato

Hashiba Tatsuya (羽柴達也) as Hashimoto Tatsuya

Nakajima Airi (中島愛里) as Nakano Airi

Tobayama Ryuta (外波山流太) as Natsukawa Ryuta

Saeki Chizu (佐伯千寿) as Ishimoto Chizu

Otsu Hiroki (大津尋葵) as Tsuchiya Takayuki

Hikita Kento (疋田健人) as Nemoto Kento

Nakamura Yuri (中村優里) as Noguchi Yuri

Other Students

Shihono Ryo (しほの涼) as Hoshino Yoko

Takemoto Aya (竹本彩) as Motoki Aya

Ishimaru Sachi (石丸佐知) as Arino Sachi

Honma Risa (本間理紗) as Manabe Risa

Saito Yurina (齋藤優里奈) as Fujioka Yurina

Watanabe Kaori (渡辺かおり) as Tanabe Kaori

Sasayama Shunpei (笹山純平) as Yamada Shunpei

Sasayama Teppei (笹山哲平) as Yamada Teppei

Nagai Ryunosuke (永井龍之介) as Iguchi Ryunosuke

Sonoda Chikarai (園田力意) as Tanaka Chikarai

Others

Arai Hirofumi as Kashiwagi Koichi

Harumi Shiho (春海四方) as Kashiwagi Hirokazu

Mitani Etsuyo (三谷悦代) as Kashiwagi Ikuko

Asaka Mayumi as Uemura Keiko

Arai Yasuhiro as Uemura Katsumi

Miyamoto Yuko (宮本裕子) as Saeki Yuri

Jinbo Satoshi as Saeki Masanori

Fukushi Seiji as Yamashita Yugo

Guests

Anami Atsuko as Taguchi's mother (ep1)

Watanabe Sugie (渡辺杉枝) as Kawamoto's mother (ep1,8)

Akahori Tsugihide (赤堀二英) (ep1)

Oyama Takanori (大山鎬則) as a maid cafe guest (ep1)

Abe Rokuro (岡部六郎) as the principal (ep1)

Kaneko Michiyo (金子路代) as a nurse (ep2)

Ueda Ken (植田健) as the guy who hit on Yuna and Reika (ep2)

Asano Junpei (浅野順平) as the guy who hit on Yuna and Reika (ep2)

Mori Kiyuki as the postal service worker (ep2)

Sato Yutaka as Hikari's doctor (ep3)

Honda Shin (本田晋) as Yamaguchi (ep3)

Ochi Toshimitsu (越智俊光) as Ken (ep4)

Kawamoto Chiaki (河本千明) (ep4)

Oguchi Eriko (おぐちえりこ) as an OB/GYN doctor(ep5)

Yoshida Asami (良田麻美) as a wedding planner (ep5)

Sakata Teppei (阪田鉄平) as the stranger Hikari slept with (ep5)

Sakaki Hidenori (坂英訓) as the couple visitng the wedding planner (ep5)

Sumiyoshi Reina (住吉怜奈) as the couple visitng the wedding planner (ep5)

Yamada Momoki (山田百貴) as Yamashita Hideaki (ep7)

Karaki Chiemi (唐木ちえみ) as Yamashita Miyuki (ep7)

Maruyama Yuko (丸山優子) as a nurse (ep7)

Tozawa Yusuke (戸沢佑介) as school board director (ep8)

Kato Osamu (加藤治) as school board trustee (ep8)

Sato Yushi (佐藤祐四) as school board trustee (ep8)

Sunaga Kei as school board trustee (ep8)

Suzuki Hiromi (鈴木ひろみ) as a parent (ep8)

Yakushiji Jun (薬師寺順) as a parent (ep8)

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