Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
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- Title: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ
- Title (romaji): Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
- Also known as: Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Romance, Human drama
- Episodes: 11, 1 Special
- Viewership ratings: 15.9
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2004-Jul-02 to 2004-Sep-10
- Air time: Friday 22:00-22:54
- Theme song: Katachi Aru Mono by Shibasaki Kou
Synopsis
"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.
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Cast
- Yamada Takayuki as Matsumoto Sakutaro (17)
- Ayase Haruka as Hirose Aki (17)
- Ogata Naoto as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34)
- Sakurai Sachiko as Kobayashi Aki (34)
- Tanaka Koutaro as Oki Ryunosuke (17)
- Emoto Tasuku as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17)
- Motokariya Yuika as Ueda Tomoyo (17)
- Kaho as Matsumoto Fumiko (13)
- Matsushita Yuki as Yatabe Toshimi (35, 52)
- Takahashi Katsumi as Matsumoto Juichiro (47, 64)
- Oshima Satoko as Matsumoto Ayako (43, 60)
- Tezuka Satomi as Hirose Makoto (43, 60)
- Miura Tomokazu as Hirose Makoto (48, 65)
- Nakadai Tatsuya as Matsumoto Kentaro (70)
- Nakajou Tomoaya as Kobayashi Kazuki (6)
- Tanaka Kei as Yasura Tadashi (17)
- Asaka Yuki as Ikeda Kumi (17)
- Mizuno Haruka as Kurosawa Chihiro (17)
- Asano Kazuyuki as the Doctor
- Takeno Isao as the takoyaki vendor
- Uematsu Mami as grandpa's young lover
- Okayama Hajime as Ueda Tomoyo's father (ep5)
- Toba Jun as Junpei (ep6-7)
- Asai Erina as Yasuda
- Hirano Aya
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
- Producer: Ishimaru Akihiko
- Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuichiro
- Music: Kono Shin
Episode Information
Episode | Air date | Title (English) | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
01 | 2004-07-02 | Letter from the Teacher | 18.5% |
02 | 2004-07-09 | Delicate distance | 15.7% |
03 | 2004-07-16 | Eternal separation | 15.2% |
04 | 2004-07-23 | The Last Day | 13.9% |
05 | 2004-07-30 | Approaching Shadow | 16.5% |
06 | 2004-08-06 | The Journey to Live | 15.0% |
07 | 2004-08-13 | A Night With No Dawn | 14.5% |
08 | 2004-08-20 | Proposal | 15.4% |
09 | 2004-08-27 | Choice In the Last Moments of Life | 15.9% |
10 | 2004-09-03 | Please Save Me... | 15.2% |
11 | 2004-09-10 | Something With Shape | 19.1% |
SP | 2004-09-17 | Graduation After 17 Years | 15.9% |
Awards
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Casting
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor: Yamada Takayuki
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting: Actress: Ayase Haruka
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song: Shibasaki Kou
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Newcomer: Tanaka Koutaro
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuuichirou
- 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Clip
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Trivia
- Based on best selling novel and has since also been made into a movie twice (Japanese version of the same name released in 2003 and a 2005 Korean remake starring Song Hye Kyo and Cha Tae Hyun entitled My Girl and I. Has also been staged into a musical starring Tanaka Koutaro and Sato Megumi in mid 2005.
- Ayase Haruka was selected from 723 girls from the audition.
- Ayase Haruka shaved her head bald and went on a strict diet to lose weight.
- Matsumoto Rio was considered to play Hirose Aki
- See Byakuyako where cast & crew reunite.
External Links
- Official site
- JDorama.com
- Discussion @ JDorama.com
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- OST Official Page