Tokio
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- Title: トキオ
- Title (romaji): Tokio
- Also known as: Tokio / Message Across Time
- Tagline: 父への伝言 / Chichi he no dengon / Message For My Father
- Format: Yorudora
- Genre:
- Episodes: 20 (15 mins. each, 5 weeks)
- Viewership ratings:
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2004-Aug-30 to 2004-Sep-30
- Air time: Monday through Thursday at 23:00
- Theme song: Daisuki da yo by Otsuka Ai
Synopsis
The 18th NHK Yorudora is Tokio, based on a 2002 science-fiction novel by Higashino Keigo, the same author who wrote Byakuyako.
The painful tears and deep emotions of the bonds between father and son transcend time in this epic, heart-warming drama.
The year is 1979, and Miyamoto Takumi's life suddenly changes when he meets a mysterious young man named Tokio at a park in Asakusa. The young man says, "I've come from the future. I'm your son, Tokio." Thinking it's some kind of bad joke, Takumi doesn't believe him at all. However, Tokio can predict the future, make strange machines, and shows Takumi strange powers. Takumi, who at first doesn't pay any mind to Tokio, slowly begins to believe him.
Present day, 2004. Miyamoto Tokio is suffering from a serious illness and is in between life and death. As 50-year-old Takumi watches over Tokio in his sickbed, he suddenly remembers strange happenings that took place 25 years ago...
A father and son who cross the borders of space and time to meet 25 years in the past; 1979. They travel together to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, searching for Takumi's lover, Chizuru, who has disappeared. Takumi, who had been a bitter man, begins to grow as a human being through spending time with his son, who came from the world of the future. Throughout a strange two-week journey together, Tokio watches his father in his younger days, and leaves him with an encouraging message.
-- translated from excerpts of NHK synopsis by awrittensin
Episode Titles (By Week)
- Week 1: 「25年後の息子」 "My Son From 25 Years in the Future"
- Week 2: 「消えた恋人を探して」 "Searching For My Vanished Lover"
- Week 3: 「大阪・真夏のふたり」 "Osaka: Two of Us in the Middle of Summer"
- Week 4: 「彼女の秘密と母の秘密」"Her Secret and Mom's Secret"
- Week 5: 「そして旅立つ君へ」"For You, Embarking on a Journey"
-- translated by awrittensin
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Cast
- Kokubun Taichi as Miyamoto Takumi
- Sakurai Sho as Miyamoto Tokio
- Tomita Yasuko as Chizuru
- Yasuda Kei (保田圭)
- Takahashi Hitomi
- Inoue Waka
- Yamamura Momiji
- Ibu Masato
- Kataoka Tsurutaro
- Fubuki Jun
- Sato Jiro
- Kikuchi Kinya
- Tonesaku Toshihide
- Masana Bokuzo
- Mireiyu (みれいゆ)
- Katsura Asami
- Kawasaki Mao (川崎真央)
- Soganoya Bundo (曽我廼家文童)
- Koichi Mantaro
- Haruta Junichi
- Iwasaki Kaneko (岩崎加根子)
- Okouchi Nanako
- Fuwa Mansaku
- Ito Hiroto
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Tokio by Higashino Keigo
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
- Producer: Suzuki Shintaro (鈴木伸太郎)
- Director: Hoshida Yoshiko
- Music: Kubota Mina
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