Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Details

Title: 池袋ウエストゲートパーク
Title (romaji): Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Also known as: IWGP
Episodes: 11 + 1 Special
Genre: Human drama
Viewership rating: 14.86
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-14 to 2000-Jun-23
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Bokuyaku no Sora by SADS

Synopsis

This story follows a young man named Makoto who lives in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, an area known for youth delinquency and gangs. In fact, one of Makoto's best friends from high school, Takeshi, is the "king" or leader, of one such gang, called the G-Boys. Makoto is known for being tough and smart, and while trying to solve the mystery of a friend's death, he finds himself a somewhat unwilling helper in many mysteries and problems of IWGP inhabitants. All the while, gang tension is mounting between his best friend's gang (which Makoto refuses to join) and a new gang, the "Black Angels."

User/Viewer Ratings

4.33

(6 votes)

Cast

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Nagase Tomoya as Majima Makoto
Kato Ai as Hikaru
Kubozuka Yosuke as Takashi (King of G-Boys)
Sato Ryuta as Masa
Yamashita Tomohisa as Shun Mizuno
Morishita Aiko as Majima Ritsuko (Makoto's mother}
Sakaguchi Kenji as Yamai (Doberman)
Yazawa Shin as Chiaki
Koyuki as Matsui Kana
Kitaro as Yoshioka
Watanabe Ken as Yokoyama
Tsumabuki Satoshi as Saitou Fujio
Sugita Kaoru
Abe Sadao as Hamaguchi
Watanabe Tetsu Tetsu (Takashi's father)
Maehara Kazuki Sakurai (police officer)
Waki Tomohiro (member of G-Boys)
Nishijima Kazuhiro
Takahashi Issei as Kazunori
Yusef Lotfi as Ali
Ikezu Shoko as Jessie

Guest Appearances

Kawasaki Mayo as himself (ep1)
Sakai Wakana as Nakamura Rika (ep1)
Oguri Shun as Yoshikazu (ep2)
Endo Kenichi as Hidaka-san (a yakuza) (ep3,11)
Murasugi Seminosuke as Satou Tsukasa aka Gomi-san (the stalker) (ep5)

Production Credits

Original novel (manga): Ishida Ira
Producer: Isoyama Aki
Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko (1,2,5,6,9-11), Isano Hideki, Kaneko Fuminori
Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
Music: Haketa Takefumi, Aida Shigekazu (曾田茂一) (FOE), KREVA

Episode Ratings

Ep 01: 15.1%
Ep 02: 15.1%
Ep 03: 13.0%
Ep 04: 14.8%
Ep 05: 13.3%
Ep 06: 14.9%
Ep 07: 15.3%
Ep 08: 16.1%
Ep 09: 15.4%
Ep 10: 14.2%
Ep 11: 16.3%

Awards

25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best cast
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best opening
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Kubozuka Yosuke
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best theme song: "Boukyaku no Sora" by Sads
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Scriptwriter Kudo Kankuro
25th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director Tsutsumi Yukihiko

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