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==Details==
 
==Details==
*'''Name:''' 世界?中心??愛を??? / Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu
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*'''Title:''' 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ
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*'''Title (romaji):''' Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
 
*'''Also known as:''' Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World
 
*'''Also known as:''' Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World
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*'''Format:''' Renzoku
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*'''Genre:''' Romance, Human drama
 
*'''Episodes:''' 11, 1 Special
 
*'''Episodes:''' 11, 1 Special
*'''Air time:''' Friday 10:00-10:54 PM
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*'''Viewership ratings:''' 15.9
*'''Genre:''' Love, Human drama
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*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Viewership:''' 15.9
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*'''Broadcast period:''' 2004-Jul-02 to 2004-Sep-10
*'''Broadcasted by:''' TBS
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*'''Air time:''' Friday 22:00-22:54
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2004-07-02 to 2004-09-10
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*'''Theme song:''' ''[[Katachi Aru Mono]]'' by [[Shibasaki Kou]]
*'''Theme Song:''' [[Katachi Aru Mono]] ????るも? [[Shibasaki Kou]]
 
  
==Cast & Credits==
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==Synopsis==
*'''Producer:''' [[Ishimaru Akira]]
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"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.
*'''Director:''' [[Tsutsumi Yukihiko]], [[Ishii Yasuharu]], [[Hirakawa Yuuichirou]]
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*'''Screenwriter :''' [[Morishita Yoshiko]]
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==User/Viewer Ratings==
===Cast===
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<vote type=1/>
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==Cast==
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[[File:Sekairelatinoshipchart.jpg|thumb|220px|Relationship Chart  (click to enlarge)]]
 
*[[Yamada Takayuki]] as Matsumoto Sakutaro (17)
 
*[[Yamada Takayuki]] as Matsumoto Sakutaro (17)
 
*[[Ayase Haruka]] as Hirose Aki (17)
 
*[[Ayase Haruka]] as Hirose Aki (17)
 
*[[Ogata Naoto]] as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34)
 
*[[Ogata Naoto]] as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34)
 
*[[Sakurai Sachiko]] as Kobayashi Aki (34)
 
*[[Sakurai Sachiko]] as Kobayashi Aki (34)
*[[Tanaka Koutaro]] as Ooki Ryunosuke (17)
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*[[Tanaka Koutaro]] as Oki Ryunosuke (17)
 
*[[Emoto Tasuku]] as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17)
 
*[[Emoto Tasuku]] as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17)
 
*[[Motokariya Yuika]] as Ueda Tomoyo (17)
 
*[[Motokariya Yuika]] as Ueda Tomoyo (17)
 
*[[Kaho]] as Matsumoto Fumiko (13)
 
*[[Kaho]] as Matsumoto Fumiko (13)
*[[Matsushita Yuki]] as Yatabe Toshimi (35)
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*[[Matsushita Yuki]] as Yatabe Toshimi (35, 52)
*[[Takahashi Katsumi]] as Matsumoto Juichiro (47)
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*[[Takahashi Katsumi]] as Matsumoto Juichiro (47, 64)
*[[Miura Tomokazu]] as Hirose Makoto (48)
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*[[Oshima Satoko]] as Matsumoto Ayako (43, 60)
*[[Nakadai Tatsuya]] as Matsumoto Kentaro (70)
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*[[Tezuka Satomi]] as Hirose Makoto (43, 60)
*[[Ohshima Satoko]] as Hirose Ayako (43)
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*[[Miura Tomokazu]] as Hirose Makoto (48, 65)
*[[Tezuka Satomi]] as Hirose Makoto (48)
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*[[Nakadai Tatsuya]] as Matsumoto Kentaro (70)
 
*[[Nakajou Tomoaya]] as Kobayashi Kazuki (6)
 
*[[Nakajou Tomoaya]] as Kobayashi Kazuki (6)
*[[Toba Jun]] as Junpei
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*[[Tanaka Kei (1984)|Tanaka Kei]] as Yasura Tadashi (17)
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*[[Asaka Yuki]] as Ikeda Kumi (17)
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*[[Mizuno Haruka]] as Kurosawa Chihiro (17)
 
*[[Asano Kazuyuki]] as the Doctor
 
*[[Asano Kazuyuki]] as the Doctor
*[[Uematsu Mami]] as grandpa's young lover!
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*[[Takeno Isao]] as the takoyaki vendor
*[[Asaka Yuki]]
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*[[Uematsu Mami]] as grandpa's young lover
*[[Mizuno Haruka]]
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*[[Okayama Hajime]] as Ueda Tomoyo's father (ep5)
*[[Tanaka Kei]]
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*[[Toba Jun]] as Junpei (ep6-7)
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*[[Asai Erina]] as Yasuda
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*[[Hirano Aya]]
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==Production Credits==
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Morishita Yoshiko]]
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*'''Producer:''' [[Ishimaru Akihiko]]
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*'''Director:''' [[Tsutsumi Yukihiko]], [[Ishii Yasuharu]], [[Hirakawa Yuichiro]]
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*'''Music:''' [[Kono Shin]]
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==Episode Information==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!width="50"|Episode
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!width="90"|Air date
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!width="250"|Title (English)
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!width="50"|Rating
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|- align=center
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|01
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|2004-07-02
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|Letter from the Teacher
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|18.5%
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|- align=center
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|02
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|2004-07-09
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|Delicate distance
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|15.7%
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|- align=center
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|03
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|2004-07-16
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|Eternal separation
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|15.2% 
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|- align=center
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|04
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|2004-07-23
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|The Last Day
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|13.9%
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|- align=center
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|05
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|2004-07-30
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|Approaching Shadow
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|16.5%
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|- align=center
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|06
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|2004-08-06
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|The Journey to Live
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|15.0%
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|- align=center
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|07
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|2004-08-13
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|A Night With No Dawn
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|14.5%
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|- align=center
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|08
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|2004-08-20
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|Proposal
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|15.4%
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|- align=center
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|09
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|2004-08-27
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|Choice In the Last Moments of Life
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|15.9%
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|- align=center
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|10
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|2004-09-03
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|Please Save Me...
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|15.2%
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|- align=center
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|11
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|2004-09-10
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|Something With Shape
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|19.1%
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|- align=center
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|SP
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|2004-09-17
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|Graduation After 17 Years
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|15.9%
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|-
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|}
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==Awards==
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Drama
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Casting
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Actor: [[Yamada Takayuki]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Supporting: Actress: [[Ayase Haruka]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Theme Song: [[Shibasaki Kou]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Newcomer: [[Tanaka Koutaro]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Screenwriter: [[Morishita Yoshiko]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Director: [[Tsutsumi Yukihiko]], [[Ishii Yasuharu]], [[Hirakawa Yuuichirou]]
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*'''42nd [[Television Drama Academy Awards]]:''' Best Theme Clip
  
==42nd Television Acadamy Awards==
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==Reviews==
*Best Drama
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*[http://j-fan.com/drama/drama.cgi?action=viewrev&season=Summer_2004&show=sekai_no_chuushin_de,_ai_o_sakebu JFan's Review ''An Unforgettable Lost Love...'']
*Best Casting
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*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/tbsannual/sekachu.html TBS]
*Best Actor: [[Yamada Takayuki]]
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*[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/geinou/aug/o20050819_60.htm Yomiuri]
*Best Supporting: Actress: [[Ayase Haruka]]
 
*Best Theme Song: [[Shibasaki Kou]]
 
*Best Newcomer: [[Tanaka Koutaro]]
 
*Best Screenwriter: 森下佳? 
 
*Best Director: [[Tsutsumi Yukihiko]],石井康晴,平?雄一朗
 
*Best Theme Clip
 
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*Based on best selling novel
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*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 ''[[Wikipedia:My Girl and I|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]] was selected from 723 girls from the audition.
*[[Ayase Haruka]] shaved her hair bald and went on a strict diet to lose weight.
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*[[Ayase Haruka]] shaved her head bald and went on a strict diet to lose weight.
 
*[[Matsumoto Rio]] was considered to play Hirose Aki
 
*[[Matsumoto Rio]] was considered to play Hirose Aki
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*See [[Byakuyako]] where cast & crew reunite.
  
==Episode Ratings==
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==External Links==
*'''Ep1''':2004-07-02 18.5 %  
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*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/sekai-ai Official site]
*'''Ep2''':2004-07-09 15.7 %
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*[http://jdorama.com/drama.828.htm JDorama.com]
*'''Ep3''':2004-07-16 15.2 %  
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*[http://www.jdorama.com/viewtopic.5355.htm Discussion @ JDorama.com]
*'''Ep4''':2004-07-23 13.9 %
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*[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18937 Discussion @ D-Addicts.com]
*'''Ep5''':2004-07-30 16.5 %  
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*[http://over-time.idv.tw/drama/dramashow_common.php?num=845&mnum=341 Dorama.info]
*'''Ep6''':2004-08-06 15 %
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*[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ost/sekatyu/index.html OST Official Page]
*'''Ep7''':2004-08-13 14.5 %  
 
*'''Ep8''':2004-08-20 15.4 %
 
*'''Ep9''':2004-08-27 15.9 %  
 
*'''Ep10''':2004-09-03 15.2 %
 
*'''Ep11''':2004-09-10 19.1 %  
 
*'''Special''': 2004-09-17 15.3 %
 
*'''Average''': 15.9 %
 
 
 
==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.
 
 
 
==Review @ JFan==
 
[[File:Sekai3.jpg|460px|thumb|Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu]]
 
[[File:Sekai2.jpg|460px|thumb|Yamada Takayuk & Ayase Haruka]]
 
 
 
An Unforgettable Lost Love...
 
 
 
This was a popular novel and movie before it became a drama. You're going to have to forgive me this time, because I am writing this having never read the novel or seen the movie. I'm sorry that I can't make any interesting comparisons or tell you what they changed and what is the same. I am going to judge the drama on its own.
 
 
 
Matsumoto Sakutarou is an unmarried middle-aged man who has some type of job at a hospital (don't worry, it's not another hospital drama). It seems that he might have some health problems as he collapses at the beginning of the first episode. He's never been able to fall in love since high school, because he can never forget the girl he loved. Now, he lives only to keep her memory alive and he carries a vial of her ashes in his pocket wherever he goes.
 
  
The drama keeps flashing between the present, and back to the 80's when Sakutarou ([[Yamada Takayuki]]) is in high school and falling in love with Hirose Aki. Their romance begins when their class is attending a funeral for a teacher and Aki is giving a speech in the rain. Saku uses his umbrella to cover Aki as she is giving her speech.
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She begins to like him a lot after that. Saku begins listening to her favorite radio program, and even writes in a letter which is actually a story based on Aki, except that he adds in the detail that she has leukemia. He wins a Walkman cassette player for his letter, but Aki becomes furious with him for basing the letter on her, and especially adding in the part about the disease. For her birthday, Saku records an apology to her and gives it to her with the Walkman. She forgives him, and they begin exchanging an audio diary every day from that day on. The narration from the middle-aged version of Saku pops in and tells us that it was her last birthday.
 
 
 
All this time, Aki's father is opposed to her having a boyfriend because she is a senior in high school and needs to be preparing for her exams. She is also helping to organize the school's production of Romeo and Juliet, but they haven't yet decided who will play Romeo and Juliet.
 
 
 
The country setting is made to look very pleasant and tranquil, as in most dramas that take place in the countryside. Name always hangs out with his classmates Ryuunosuke and Akiyoshi at a small stand that sells takoyaki. And they drink coke out of those cool bottles that they used to use in the 80's. Ryuunosuke looks older than Saku and has a punk appearance with his slick hair. He's always offering love advice to Saku because he seems older than him (though he actually isn't). Akiyoshi is a kind of pathetic guy who lives in a temple. He wants to find a girl and marry her right away before his father forces him to become a Buddhist monk. In the first episode, he likes Aki too, but he gives up when he realizes that she likes Saku.
 
 
 
Saku's grandfather runs a small photo shop in town, and he is always begging Saku to come over and spend time with him. In the second episode, he tells the story of a girl he loved during the war before he married Saku's grandmother. He gets Saku to help him steal some of her ashes from her grave, so that when he dies they can be mixed together with his own so that they may be together in the afterlife.
 
 
 
The events of the story are given a lot of weight by the fact that we know Aki is going to die. The title means "Shout Love at the Center of the World". It's a very passionate drama about love that never dies, even decades after one of the two has passed away. It may not sound so interesting from the description above, but somehow the way it is presented is very good. There was a lot of commercial hype surrounding this title before it starting airing, and it lives up to the hype in my opinion.
 
 
 
I should probably see the movie too, but the drama on its own is quite good so far.
 
 
 
Source: [http://j-fan.com/drama/drama.cgi?action=viewrev&season=Summer_2004&show=sekai_no_chuushin_de,_ai_o_sakebu JFan]
 
 
 
==Related Articles==
 
===TBS Highlights===
 
Crying out Love, in the Center of the World was a huge multimedia success, performing well as a book, TV program, and DVD. It gave rise to a new word in Japanese, formed by abbreviating the first part of the title: Sekachu ("in the center of the world?). Since its theatrical release on May 8, 2004, it has for over 18 consecutive weeks. In a 123-day period, it has drawn 6.2 million filmgoers, and box-office receipts have totaled 8.3 billion yen. It is the fifth-most successful live-action film in Japanese cinema history.
 
 
 
With associated publishing ventures (sales of over 1 million comics, 470,000 copies of the novelized version, and 40,000 DVDs about the making of the film, issued before its first screening), Sekachu has become a model for mixed-media projects building on a movie format and moving beyond it. The original novel has sold over 3 million copies since the movie was released. Although the first edition in 2001 sold only 8,000 copies, it is now the highest-selling novel ever in Japan. A serialization as a drama on the TBS network was very successful. Sekachu is also being launched in South Korea. It scheduled to open across that nation as early as October 2004, and is being remade in a South Korean version.
 
 
 
Source: [http://www.tbs.co.jp/tbsannual/sekachu.html TBS]
 
 
 
===On The Box: What to Watch===
 
Sekai no Chushin de, Ai o Sakebu begins Friday, July 2 at 10 p.m. on the TBS
 
network. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, this tale of
 
youthful romance and innocence, is set in 1987.
 
 
 
This early preview is necessary because the producer has announced that the
 
short, first scene in the first episode will be a key to understanding the
 
overall story. The not-to-be-missed opening scene is filmed in Australia,
 
the first of three scenic guest appearances the continent will make in this
 
drama.
 
 
 
Heroine Aki ([[Ayase Haruka]]) is cute, smart, popular and good at sports. She
 
has it all until she is diagnosed with leukemia. [[Yamada Takayuki]] stars as
 
17-year old Sakutaro Matsumoto, who falls in love with her. ([[Ogata Naoto]]
 
plays Matsumoto at age 34.) Matsumoto is invited back to the old hometown by
 
his high school teacher because the school, so full of memories, is about to
 
be demolished.
 
 
 
Extracts from The Daily Yomiuri Jun 25, 2004
 
 
 
==Other Resources==
 
*[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18937 Discussion @ D-Addicts]
 
*[http://www.jdorama.com/viewtopic.5355.htm Discussion @ Jdorama.com]
 
*[http://yamada19.tripod.com/drama_sekai.html Fan Page & Gallery]
 
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/sekai-ai TBS Official Site]
 
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.828.htm Jdorama.com] Click vote top left hand corner!
 
*[http://over-time.idv.tw/drama/dramashow_common.php?num=845&mnum=341 Dorama.info]
 
  
==Pictures==
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 1 March 2020

Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World

Details

  • 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.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.60
(5 votes)

Cast

Relationship Chart (click to enlarge)

Production Credits

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

Reviews

Trivia

External Links




Spring 2004
TBS
Autumn 2004/Winter 2005
Home Drama
Friday 22:00
3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 7