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Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2007-03-30T03:33:12Z

Pompey:

[[File:IWGP2.jpg|thumb|350px|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%
*'''Air time:''' Tuesday 21:00
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2000-Apr-14 to 2000-Jun-23
*'''Theme song:''' ''[[Boukyaku no sora]]'' by [http://www.universal-music.co.jp/sads/ 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."

==Cast==
[[File:IWGP3.jpg|thumb|450px|Ikebukuro West Gate Park]]
*[[Nagase Tomoya]] as Makoto Majima
*[[Kato Ai]] as Hikaru
*[[Kubozuka Yosuke]] as Takashi (King of G-Boys)
*[[Morishita Aiko]] as Ritsuko Majima (Makoto's mother}
*[[Yamashita Tomohisa]] as Shun Mizuno
*[[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
*[[Sato Ryuta]] as Masa
*[[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

===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:''' 羽毛田丈史, 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]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/iwgpark/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.483.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://over-time.idv.tw/drama/dramashow_common.php?num=147&mnum=58 Dorama.info]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:池袋ウエストゲートパーク|Japanese Wikipedia]]

[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2000]] [[Category:TBS]]

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2007-03-30T03:31:56Z

Pompey:

[[File:IWGP2.jpg|thumb|350px|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%
*'''Air time:''' Tuesday 21:00
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2000-Apr-14 to 2000-Jun-23
*'''Theme song:''' ''[[Boukyaku no sora]]'' by [http://www.universal-music.co.jp/sads/ 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, who is known for being tough and smart, and while trying to solve the mystery of a friend's death, finds himself a somewhat unwilling helper in several mysteries and problems of many 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."

==Cast==
[[File:IWGP3.jpg|thumb|450px|Ikebukuro West Gate Park]]
*[[Nagase Tomoya]] as Makoto Majima
*[[Kato Ai]] as Hikaru
*[[Kubozuka Yosuke]] as Takashi (King of G-Boys)
*[[Morishita Aiko]] as Ritsuko Majima (Makoto's mother}
*[[Yamashita Tomohisa]] as Shun Mizuno
*[[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
*[[Sato Ryuta]] as Masa
*[[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

===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:''' 羽毛田丈史, 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]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/iwgpark/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.483.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://over-time.idv.tw/drama/dramashow_common.php?num=147&mnum=58 Dorama.info]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:池袋ウエストゲートパーク|Japanese Wikipedia]]

[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2000]] [[Category:TBS]]

Talk:Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2007-03-28T19:08:38Z

Pompey:

I've never edited a wiki before, and I'm hesitant to try to change anything, but isn't the fact that Makoto NEVER joins the G-Boys a pretty big plot point in this show? The summary says that he does join the G-Boys. Should this be fixed? :)