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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
 
''Last Friends'' tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --''jade_frost''
 
''Last Friends'' tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --''jade_frost''
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==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
 
==Cast==
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*[[Ueno Juri]] as Kishimoto Ruka
 
*[[Ueno Juri]] as Kishimoto Ruka
 
*[[Eita]] as Mizushima Takeru
 
*[[Eita]] as Mizushima Takeru
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**[[Watanabe Tetsushi]] as young Takeru (ep7,SP)
 
*[[Nishikido Ryo]] as Oikawa Sosuke
 
*[[Nishikido Ryo]] as Oikawa Sosuke
 
*[[Mizukawa Asami]] as Takigawa Eri
 
*[[Mizukawa Asami]] as Takigawa Eri
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===Guests===
 
===Guests===
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*[[Gamo Mayu]] (蒲生麻由) (ep1,4)
 
*[[Gamo Mayu]] (蒲生麻由) (ep1,4)
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*[[Higashi Yuki]] (ひがし由貴) (ep1,7,10,SP)
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*[[Higashi Yuki]] (ep1,7,10,SP)
 
*[[Nomura Erika]] (野村映里利) (ep1)
 
*[[Nomura Erika]] (野村映里利) (ep1)
 
*[[Hamada Michihiko]] (浜田道彦) (ep1,11)
 
*[[Hamada Michihiko]] (浜田道彦) (ep1,11)
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*[[Nishida Saki]] (西田早希) (ep4)
 
*[[Nishida Saki]] (西田早希) (ep4)
 
*[[Ishii Haruka]] (石井春花) (ep5)
 
*[[Ishii Haruka]] (石井春花) (ep5)
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*[[Uchikura Kenji]] (内倉憲二) (ep5-6,8,SP)
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*[[Uchikura Kenji]] (ep5-6,8,SP)
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*[[Motokawa Ransho]] (本川嵐翔) (ep6-7,SP)
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*[[Motokawa Ransho]] (ep6-7,SP)
 
*[[Watabe Aya]] (渡部彩) (ep7)
 
*[[Watabe Aya]] (渡部彩) (ep7)
 
*[[Horiguchi Takayoshi]] (堀口敬巧) (ep7)
 
*[[Horiguchi Takayoshi]] (堀口敬巧) (ep7)
 
*[[Miyagi Arisa]] (宮城有沙) (ep7,SP)
 
*[[Miyagi Arisa]] (宮城有沙) (ep7,SP)
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*[[Watanabe Tetsushi]] (渡辺哲史) (ep7,SP)
 
 
*[[Uemura Kihachiro]] (植村喜八郎) (ep8)
 
*[[Uemura Kihachiro]] (植村喜八郎) (ep8)
 
*[[Nakazawa Junko]] (ep8-9)
 
*[[Nakazawa Junko]] (ep8-9)
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*[[Asaki]] (ep8)
 
*[[Asaki]] (ep8)
 
*[[Komizu Aya]] (小水彩) (ep8)
 
*[[Komizu Aya]] (小水彩) (ep8)
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*[[Takada Makiko]] (高田麻紀子) (ep8)
 
*[[Takada Makiko]] (高田麻紀子) (ep8)
 
*[[Nanjo Chihiro]] (南條千尋) (ep8)
 
*[[Nanjo Chihiro]] (南條千尋) (ep8)
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*[[Takeshima Yasunari]] (竹嶋康成) (ep9-10)
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*[[Takeshima Yasunari]] (ep9-10)
 
*[[Ebina Kiyokazu]] (蝦名清一) (ep9)
 
*[[Ebina Kiyokazu]] (蝦名清一) (ep9)
 
*[[Mimura Takayo]] (ep9)
 
*[[Mimura Takayo]] (ep9)
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*[[Okazaki Hiroshi]] (岡崎宏) (ep11)
 
*[[Okazaki Hiroshi]] (岡崎宏) (ep11)
 
*[[Mori Fujio]] (森富士夫) (ep11)
 
*[[Mori Fujio]] (森富士夫) (ep11)
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*[[Matsuyama Hisako]] (松山尚子) (ep11)
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*[[Matsuyama Hisako]] (ep11)
 
*[[Omori Akemi]] as Nagatani Shizue (ep11)
 
*[[Omori Akemi]] as Nagatani Shizue (ep11)
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==Production Credits==
 
==Production Credits==
 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Asano Taeko]]
 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Asano Taeko]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Nakano Toshiyuki]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Nakano Toshiyuki]]
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*'''Director:''' [[Kato Hiromasa]] (加藤裕将) (ep1-3,8,11), [[Nishisaka Mizuki]] (ep4-5,9-10), [[Endo Mitsutaka]] (遠藤光貴) (ep6-7,SP)
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*'''Director:''' [[Kato Yusuke]] (ep1-3,8,11), [[Nishisaka Mizuki]] (ep4-5,9-10), [[Endo Mitsutaka]] (ep6-7,SP)
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*'''Music:''' [[Izutsu Akio]] (井筒昭雄), [[S.E.N.S.]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Izutsu Akio]], [[S.E.N.S.]]
  
 
==Episode Information==
 
==Episode Information==
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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*Immediately after each episode aired, a special spin-off movie centered around Takigawa Eri titled "Eri - my Love" aired on FujiTV On Demand. Although a fee is usually charged, "Eri - my Love" was provided free for one hour after Last Friends aired. The production staff for the spin-off series included the following:
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*Immediately after each episode aired, a special spin-off movie centered around Takigawa Eri titled "Eri - my Love" aired on FujiTV On Demand. Although a fee is usually charged, "Eri - my Love" was provided free for one hour after Last Friends aired.  
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The production staff for the spin-off series included the following.
 
**'''Screenwriter:''' [[Tani Kazutoshi]] (谷和俊)
 
**'''Screenwriter:''' [[Tani Kazutoshi]] (谷和俊)
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**'''Producer:''' [[Watanabe Tsuneya]] (渡辺恒也)
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**'''Producer:''' [[Watanabe Kouya]]
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**'''Director:''' [[Endo Mitsutaka]] (遠藤光貴), [[Moriwaki Tomonobu]] (森脇智延), [[Miyaki Shogo]] (宮木正悟)
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**'''Director:''' [[Endo Mitsutaka]], [[Moriwaki Tomonobu]], [[Miyaki Shogo]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Latest revision as of 15:33, 21 November 2023

Last Friends

Details

  • Title: ラスト・フレンズ
  • Title (English): Last Friends
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Friendship, human drama, gay/lesbian
  • Episodes: 11
  • Viewership rating: 17.7 (Kanto)
  • Broadcast network: Fuji TV
  • Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-10 to 2008-Jun-19
  • Air time: Thursday 22:00
  • Theme song: Prisoner Of Love by Utada Hikaru

Synopsis

Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --jade_frost

User/Viewer Ratings

4.25
(4 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

Guests

Production Credits

Episode Information

Episode Subtitle Ratings
(Kanto) 		Ratings (Kansai) Ratings (Nationwide)
01 The troubles we keep to ourselves:
DV, pregnancy, and forbidden love		 13.9 ??.? ??.?
02 A life-and-death secret 15.9 ??.? ??.?
03 A love that eats away life 15.6 ??.? ??.?
04 A bond torn apart 15.9 ??.? ??.?
05 A night of shock 19.9 ??.? ??.?
06 A desperate getaway 17.2 ??.? ??.?
07 A harsh reality 16.0 ??.? ??.?
08 Last letter 18.8 ??.? ??.?
09 Your life 18.0 ??.? ??.?
10 Love and death 20.7 ??.? ??.?
11 To the future 22.8 ??.? ??.?
Average -- 17.7 ??.? ??.?
SP The love of young people who live the moment 17.4 ??.? ??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

Notes

  • Immediately after each episode aired, a special spin-off movie centered around Takigawa Eri titled "Eri - my Love" aired on FujiTV On Demand. Although a fee is usually charged, "Eri - my Love" was provided free for one hour after Last Friends aired.

The production staff for the spin-off series included the following.

External Links



Winter 2008
Fuji TV
Summer 2008
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi
Thursday 22:00
Code Blue
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