Byakuyako
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Details
- Title: 白夜行
- Title (romaji): Byakuyako
- Also known as: Journey Under a Midnight Sun
- Genre: Romance, Suspense
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 12.28
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-12 to 2006-Mar-23
- Air time: Thursday 21:00
- Theme song: Kage by Shibasaki Kou
Synopsis
When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their dire economic straits. Yukiho also retaliates in similar manner by staging a suicide for her mother as well as herself. It's been 14 years since then and the boy that gave up everything and the girl that waged her life on the boy are struggling to continue to love each other. They grow up attempting to keep it secret and ride out the statute of limitations. In order to protect Yukiho, and improve her life, Ryoji enters the world of vice and dabbles in crimes to support her.
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Cast
- Main Cast
- Yamada Takayuki as Kirihara Ryoji
- Izumisawa Yuuki as young Ryoji
- Ayase Haruka as Karasawa (Nishimoto) Yukiho
- Fukuda Mayuko as young Yukiho
- People around Ryoji
- Hirata Mitsuru as Kirihara Yosuke
- Aso Yumi as Kirihara Yaeko
- Watabe Atsuro as Matsuura Isamu
- Koide Keisuke as Sonomura Tomohiko
- Tanaka Kei as Kikuchi Michihiro
- Okunuki Kaoru as Nishiguchi Namie
- Nishida Naomi as Kurihara Noriko
- Detectives
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sasagaki Junzo
- Tanaka Koutaro as Koga Hisashi
- People around Yukiho
- Yachigusa Kaoru as Karasawa Reiko
- Kawai Michiko as Nishimoto Fumiyo
- Otsuka Chihiro as Kawashima Eriko
- Kurasawa Momoko as Fujimura Miyako
- Kasugai Seina as Kotake Ryoko
- Kashiwabara Takashi as Shinozuka Kazunari
- Shioya Shun as Takamiya Makoto
- Others
- Sato Hitomi as Misawa Chizuru
- Yo Kimiko as Taniguchi Mafumi
Guests
- Godai Takayuki as detective (ep1)
- Nishida Natsumi as high school student (ep2)
- Onoue Hiroyuki as Akiyoshi Yuichi (ep2)
- Otsuka Yoshie as Miyako's mother (ep2-3)
- Yamauchi Nao as librarian (ep2,4-5,7)
- Nishiyama Mayuko as Hisashi's wife (ep2,5-6,8)
- Fujimori Shohei as policeman (ep3)
- Mizumori Kota as Fuse Police Station Criminal Director (ep3)
- Mukai Osamu as Ryoji's friend (ep3)
- Asaoka Mirei as Hanaoka Yuko (ep3)
- Matoba Koji as Enomoto Hiroshi (ep3)
- Suzuki Jun as announcer (ep4)
- Okuda Erika as Kurahashi Kanae (ep4-6)
- Harada Chieko as Eriko's mother (ep6)
- Sunaga Kei as Fuse Police Station Criminal Director (ep7,11)
- Yashiba Toshihiro as "Memorix" client (ep8)
- Fujishige Masataka as "Memorix" CEO (ep8)
- Hirata Yuka as Yuichi's subordinate (ep8,11)
- Aoki Kazuyo as middle-aged woman (ep9)
- Mukai Masao as announcer (ep11)
- Omura Ayako as store staff (ep11)
- Abe Ryohei
Episode Information
| Episode | Air date | Subtitle | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2006-01-12 | Why did the boy...? Why did the girl...? The story of a grand love and despair that spanned fourteen years | 14.2% |
| 02 | 2006-01-19 | In a doomed future | 13.4% |
| 03 | 2006-01-26 | The last light | 11.0% |
| 04 | 2006-02-02 | Crime and punishment | 10.7% |
| 05 | 2006-02-09 | The two go their separate ways | 11.8% |
| 06 | 2006-02-16 | End of the midnight sun | 10.7% |
| 07 | 2006-02-23 | The beautiful ghost's resolution | 12.3% |
| 08 | 2006-03-02 | The dream of flowers blooming in mud | 12.3% |
| 09 | 2006-03-09 | A past that slipped through the cracks | 12.0% |
| 10 | 2006-03-16 | The crimes of the past come to light | 12.6% |
| 11 | 2006-03-23 | After the midnight sun | 14.1% |
Reviews
Recognitions
- 48th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 48th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor: Yamada Takayuki
- 48th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting: Actress: Ayase Haruka
- 48th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Takeda Tetsuya
Notes
- This drama reunited cast & crew from the award-winning & popular drama, Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu.
- Production took 6 months to persuade the author to agree to the drama adaptation from the novel which has sold over 1.2 million copies since its release in 1999 and has become the top bestselling suspense novel.
- Izumisawa Yuuki & Fukuda Mayuko were chosen from 180 kids from an audition.
- A 30 second commercial during the drama cost $224,000 US Dollars. Third highest behind Rondo ($233,000) and Saiyuuki ($269,000) for the 2006 Winter season.
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel by Higashino Keigo
- Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
- Producer: Ishimaru Akihiko
- Director: Hirakawa Yuichiro, Nasuda Jun, Ishii Yasuharu, Takahashi Masanao
- Music: Kono Shin
External Links
| Autumn 2005 | TBS | Spring 2006 |
| Brother Beat | Thursday 21:00 | Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 8 |