Nankyoku Tairiku

Details

Title: 南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～
Title (romaji): Nankyoku Tairiku ~Kami no Ryouiki ni Idomunda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari~
Title (English): Antarctica ~The Story of Dogs and Men Who Challenged the Field of God~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, adventure
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 17.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-16 to 2011-Dec-18
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Arano yori by Nakajima Miyuki

Synopsis

A drama commemorating TBS's 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore Antartica. They were accompanied by a dogsled of 19 Sakhalin huskies. When they left for Japan a year later, they were forced to leave the dogs behind due to the bad weather. In January 1959, Kuramochi Takeshi and some others joined a third expedition to ascertain the fate of the dogs. --Jdrama Weblog

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(2 votes)

Cast

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Kimura Takuya as Kuramochi Takeshi
Ayase Haruka as Takaoka Miyuki
Sakai Masato as Himuro Haruhiko
Yamamoto Yusuke as Inuzuka Natsuo
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Yokomine Shinkichi
Okada Yoshinori as Funaki Ikuzo
Shiga Kotaro as Tani Kennosuke
Kawamura Yosuke as Arashiyama Hajime
Doronzu Ishimoto (ドロンズ石本) as Yamazato Manpei
Shibata Kyohei as Shirasaki Suguru
Kimura Tae as Furutachi Ayako (ep1,6-10)
Ashida Mana as Furutachi Haruka (ep1,6-10)
Inoue Mizuki as Furutachi Ryo (ep1,6-10)
Kato Takako as Samejima Junko (ep1-2,4,6-7,9)
Sakura as Yokomine Naomi (ep1-4,6-7)
Ono Ito as Inuzuka Mitsuko (ep1,4,8)
Yamamoto Gaku as Furutachi Tomohiro (ep1,7-10)
Watase Tsunehiko as Kuramochi's father (ep1-2,4-5)
Terajima Susumu as Samejima Naohito
Ogata Naoto as Utsumi Noriaki
Kagawa Teruyuki as Hoshino Eitaro
Nakama Yukie as Kuramochi Yukari (ep1,5)
Sato Ryuta as Ando Michio (ep9-10)
Yabe Kosuke (矢部光祐) as Haruo (ep1-5,7-10)
Sato Shion as Samejima Kenta (ep1-2,4,6-7,9)
Kobayashi Takashi as Mifune (ep2-3,6-8,10)
Kunihiro Tomiyuki (ep2-4,7-9)
Kamio Yu (ep2-5)
Nakane Toru (ep2-4,7)
Yazaki Shigeru (矢崎滋) as Inuzuka's father (ep4,8)
Miyazawa Kazufumi as Iwaki Masataka (ep5-8)
Hirayama Hiroyuki as Kishibe (ep6)

Guests

Nakahara Takeo as Hatano Shinpei (ep1,5,8-9)
Kurobe Susumu as Himuro's father (ep1,9-10)
Emoto Tokio (ep1)
Kono Yoichiro (ep1)
Sunaga Kei (ep1,4-5,9)
Kosuda Yasuto (ep1)
Iwata Gan (ep1)
Ueno Futoshi (上野太) (ep1)
Hamada Michihiko (浜田道彦) (ep1)
Ono Yutaka (小野豊) (ep1,9)
Tengenji Ryu (天現寺竜) (ep1)
Seto Masaya (ep1,9)
Sekine Masaaki (関根正明) (ep1)
Yamada Hiroshi (ep1)
Nakanishi Toshihiko (中西俊彦) (ep1)
Kodama Raishin (ep1)
Ichikawa Tsutomu (市川勉) (ep1)
Amano Katsuhiro (天野勝弘) (ep1)
Kato Go (加藤剛) (ep1)
Abe Rokuro (阿部六郎) (ep1)
Araki Makoto (荒木誠) (ep1)
Shiina Taizo (椎名泰三) (ep1)
Ichihara Kiyohiko (市原清彦) (ep1)
Moriyama Yonetsugu (森山米次) (ep1)
Furukawa Shinji (古川真司) (ep1)
Shirai Keita (白井圭太) (ep1)
Matsumoto Sho (ep1)
Michinaka Shingo (途中慎吾) (ep1)
Ito Shu (伊藤秀優) (ep1)
Kasuga Kanon (春日花音) (ep1)
Koizumi Ryoga (小泉諒河) (ep1)
Sakurai Hitomi (桜井ひとみ) (ep1,5)
Fujimoto Yoko (藤本洋子) (ep1,5)
Morohashi Reiko (諸橋玲子) (ep1,5)
Hirosawa Kei (廣澤恵) (ep1,8)
Chris De Montalte (ep1)
Mark Chinnery (ep1)
Nigel Maccarter (ep1)
Kasamatsu Bansuke (笠松伴助) (ep2-3,6-7,10)
Adachi Gaku (ep2-3,6-8,10)
Kubozono Junichi (窪園純一) (ep2)
Imahashi Katsuyo (今橋かつよ) (ep2,4)
Nagai Shinichi (永井慎一) (ep2)
Sasayama Yukino (笹山ゆき乃) (ep2,4)
Nishimura Izumi (西村いづみ) (ep2,4)
Kasuga Kanon (ep2-3,5,8-9)
Yamazaki Hajime (ep4,8-9)
Miura Koichi (ep4,8-9)
Yahata Tomoaki (ep5)
Ota Masaki (大田正樹) (ep6-8)
Christopher Battin (ep7)
Kyutaro (九太朗) (ep8)
Yoshino Yoshiko (よしのよしこ) (ep9)
Tonesaku Toshihide (ep10)
Nomura Shoji (ep10)
Kikuguchi Tomimasa (菊口富雅) (ep10)
Sato Yuuichi (佐藤祐一) (ep10)
Sai Katsu (才勝) (ep10)
Morisawa Sanae (森澤早苗) (ep10)

Production Credits

Narrator: Naraoka Tomoko (奈良岡朋子)
Original writing: Kitamura Yasuichi (北村泰一)
Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
Producers: Ishimaru Akihiko, Iyoda Hidenori, Yamada Yasuhiro
Director: Fukuzawa Katsuo

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)
01	A Touching Story of Love and Life for the Revival of Post-war Japan~ A Miracle Between Dogs and Mankind that Occurred 56 Years Ago, the Story Begins to Rotate	22.2
02	Arrival! Antarctica	19.0
03	Our Miracle Dogs	16.9
04	Farewell, Our Beloved Friend	15.8
05	Death of a Comrade...	13.2
06	What Really Happened 54 Years Ago	19.1
07	The Conclusion with the Sakhalin Huskies	13.4
08	Our Heroes Have No Glory	15.0
09	The Curtain Falls...a Miracle Happens	16.7
10	The Curtain Falls〜Transcending Time and Space… The Beginning of the True Miracle 52 Years Ago Concludes!!	22.0
Average		17.3

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Summer 2011	TBS	Winter 2012
Hanawake no Yon Shimai	Sunday 21:00	Unmei no Hito