Byakuyako

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Byaku Yakou

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Details

• Title: 白夜行 / Byakuyakou
• Also known as: Midnight Sun Journey
• Episodes: 11
• Genre: Romance, Suspense, Human drama
• Air time: Thursday 9pm
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2006-01-12 to 2006-03-??
• Theme song: Kage (影) by Shibasaki Kou

Production Credits

• Producer: Ishimaru Akira (石丸彰彥)
• Director: Hirakawa Yuuichirou (平?雄一朗), Nasuta Atsushi (那須田淳), Ishii Yasuharu (石井康晴)
• Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko (森下佳?)
• Original Story by: Higashino Keigo (?野圭?)
• Music by: Kouno Shin (河野伸)

Cast

• Yamada Takayuki (山田?之) File:Divider.gif Kirihara Ryouji (?原亮?)
  • Izumisawa Yuuki (泉澤?希) File:Divider.gif Young Kirihara Ryouji (幼少時代?亮?)
• Ayase Haruka (綾瀬?る?) File:Divider.gif Karasawa Yukiho (?沢雪穂)
  • Fukuda Mayuko (?田麻由?) File:Divider.gif Young Karasawa Yukiho (幼少時代?雪穂)

• Watabe Atsuro (渡部篤郎) File:Divider.gif Matsuura Isamu (?浦勇)
• Kashiwabara Takashi (?原崇) File:Divider.gif Shinozuka Kazunari (篠塚一?)
• Tanaka Koutaro (田中幸太朗) File:Divider.gif Koga Hisashi (?賀久志)
• Koide Keisuke (?出?介) File:Divider.gif Sonomura Tomohiko (園??彦)
• Tanaka Kei (田中圭) File:Divider.gif Kikuchi Michihiro (?池?広)
• Yachigusa Kaoru (八??薫) File:Divider.gif Karasawa Reiko (?沢礼?)
• Nishida Naomi (西田尚美) File:Divider.gif Kurihara Noriko (栗原典?)
• Okunuki Kaoru (奥貫薫) File:Divider.gif Nishiguchi Namie (西?奈美江)
• Otsuka Chihiro (大塚???) File:Divider.gif Kawashima Eriko (?島江利?)
• Shioya Shun (塩谷瞬) File:Divider.gif Takamiya Makoto (高宮誠)
• Aso Yumi (麻生?未) File:Divider.gif Kirihara Mikiko (?原弥生?)
• Hirata Mitsuru (平田満) File:Divider.gif Kirihara Yousuke (?原洋介)
• Yo Kimiko (余貴美?) File:Divider.gif Taniguchi Mafumi (谷?真文)
• Takeda Tetsuya (武田鉄也) File:Divider.gif Sasagaki Junzou (笹垣潤三)

Synopsis

• Yamada plays Ryouji who finds out that his first love, Yukiho is forced into child pornography by his own father and kills him. To his horror, the object of his father's perversion is Yukiho, whose mother forced her to do so to relieve their dire economic straits. Yukiho also retaliates in similar manner by staging a suicide for her mother as well as herself. As a result of this, Yukiho suffers serious injuries. In order to protect Yukiho and improve her life, Ryouji enters the world of vice and dabbles in crimes to support Yukiho.

Synopsis by Episode

• Ep 01: Christmas 2005. A man (Ryouji) in Santa Claus clothes was stabbed ...(show more)
• Ep 02: ...(show more)

Episode Titles

• Ep 01: 「少年???父を？少女????を？14年間?壮大?愛?絶望?物語?
• Ep 02: 「閉??れ?未???

Episode Ratings

• Ep 01: 14.2%
• Ep 02: 13.4%

Notes

• Production took 6 months to persuade the author to agree to this drama adaptation from the novel which has sold over 1.2 million copies since its release in 1999 and has become the top bestselling suspense novel.
• First episode aired for 2hours (including commercials).
• Tsutaya (DVD Rental Shop in Japan) has a free DVD rental to promote Byakuyakou. It has a digest version of Episode 1, interviews, and making of segments. This is a first for dramas because such making of DVDs are usually produced for movies and sold before the screening date. Members can rent this DVD free of charge, which is about 45 minutes long. The promotion period was from 2005-12-05 to 2006-01-19.
• Shibasaki Kou wrote the lyrics for the theme song Kage. The single will be released February 15th.
• Izumisawa Yuuki & Fukuda Mayuko were chosen from 180 kids from the audition.

External Links

• Official Website
• JDorama.com
• Wikipedia
• Discussion @ JDorama.com
• Discussion @ D-Addicts

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