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
- 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
- Godai Takayuki (ep1)
- Nishida Natsumi (ep2)
- Onoue Hiroyuki (ep2)
- Otsuka Yoshie (ep2-3)
- Yamauchi Nao (ep2,4-5,7)
- Nishiyama Mayuko (ep2,5-6,8)
- Fujimori Shohei (ep3)
- Mizumori Kota (ep3)
- Mukai Osamu (ep3)
- Asaoka Mirei (ep3)
- Matoba Koji as Enomoto Hiroshi (ep3)
- Suzuki Jun (ep4)
- Okuda Erika (ep4-6)
- Harada Chieko (ep6)
- Sunaga Kei (ep7,11)
- Yashiba Toshihiro (ep8)
- Fujishige Masataka (ep8)
- Hirata Yuka (ep8,11)
- Aoki Kazuyo (ep9)
- Mukai Masao (ep11)
- Omura Ayako (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% |
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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 |