Byakuyako

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Table of contents

1 Details 2 Synopsis 3 Cast 3.1 Guests 4 Production Credits 5 Episode Information 6 Reviews 7 Recognitions 8 Notes 9 External Links

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.

Cast

• Yamada Takayuki as Kirihara Ryoji
  • Izumisawa Yuuki as Kirihara Ryoji
• Ayase Haruka as Karasawa Yukiho
  • Fukuda Mayuko as Nishimoto (Karasawa) Yukiho
• Watabe Atsuro as Matsuura Isamu
• Kashiwabara Takashi as Shinozuka Kazunari
• Tanaka Koutaro as Koga Hisashi
• Koide Keisuke as Sonomura Tomohiko
• Tanaka Kei as Kikuchi Michihiro
• Yachigusa Kaoru as Karasawa Reiko
• Okunuki Kaoru as Nishiguchi Namie
• Otsuka Chihiro as Kawashima Eriko
• Kurasawa Momoko as Fujimura Miyako
• Kasugai Seina as Kotake Ryoko
• Shioya Shun as Takamiya Makoto
• Sato Hitomi as Misawa Chizuru
• Hirata Mitsuru as Kirihara Yosuke
• Aso Yumi as Kirihara Yaeko
• Kawai Michiko as Nishimoto Fumiyo
• Yo Kimiko as Taniguchi Mafumi
• Nishida Naomi as Kurihara Noriko
• Takeda Tetsuya as Sasagaki Junzo

Guests

Production Credits

• Original writing (novel): Higashino Keigo
• Screenwriter: Morishita Keiko
• Producer: Ishimaru Akihiko
• Directors: Hirakawa Yuichiro, Nasuda Jun, Ishii Yasuharu, Takahashi Masanao
• Music: Kono Shin

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

• J-Fan's Review - "Star Crossed Lovers" (http://www.j-fan.com/drama/drama.cgi?action=viewrev&season=Winter_2006&show=byakuyakou)

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.

External Links

• Official site (http://www.tbs.co.jp/byakuyakou)
• Japanese Wikipedia
• JDorama.com (http://jdorama.com/drama.980.htm)

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