Taiyo no Uta
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Details
- Title: タイヨウのうた
- Title (romaji): Taiyo no Uta
- Also known as: Song of the Sun
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Romance, Human drama
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership ratings: 10.26%
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-14 to 2006-Sep-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. --TBS
User/Viewer Ratings
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
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Watanabe Mutsuki
- Producer: Tsuru Masaaki, Ueda Hiroki
- Director: Yamamuro Daisuke, Imai Natsuki, Takei Atsushi
- Music Producer: Shida Hirohide
- Composer: Sawano Hiroyuki
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | A girl hated by the sun ... A miracle given by the night | 13.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | A moonlit night's confession ... An unforgettable first love | 06.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | Love destroyed by the sun | 08.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | The dream you gave me | 11.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | Light in the midst of despair | 09.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | A discarded old vengeance | 11.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | To the stage we promised to stand on | 09.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | A dream with companions | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | The encroaching shadow of fate | 10.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | Beautiful song | 10.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | -- | 10.26 | ??.? | ?? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognition
- 50th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Music
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Notes
- Story is based on the Hong Kong film Endless Love (A.K.A. C'est La Vie Mon Cheri, Xin Bu Liao Qing, New Endless Love, 新不了情) which has won 6 awards at the 1994 Hong Kong Film Awards including best Best Film, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.
- The shows film adaptation starring, YUI and Tsukamoto Takashi debuted at the 6th spot.
- Sawajiri Erika debuted as a singer under her character name Kaoru Amane. The single includes 2 songs Stay With Me and Taiyo no Uta, released on August 30, 2006.
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