Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
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Details
- Title: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ / Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
- Also known as: Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World
- Episodes: 11, 1 Special
- Genre: Romance, Human drama
- Viewership: 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 (かたちあるもの) by Shibasaki Kou (柴咲コウ)
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.
Cast
| Yamada Takayuki 山田孝之 as Matsumoto Sakutaro (17) |
Ayase Haruka 綾瀬はるか as Hirose Aki (17) |
Ogata Naoto 緒形直人 as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34) | |
| Sakurai Sachiko 桜井幸子 as Kobayashi Aki (34) |
Tanaka Koutaro 田中幸太朗 as Ooki Ryunosuke (17) |
Emoto Tasuku 柄本佑 as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17) | |
| Motokariya Yuika 本仮屋ユイカ as Ueda Tomoyo (17) |
Kaho 夏帆 as Matsumoto Fumiko (13) |
Matsushita Yuki 松下由樹 as Yatabe Toshimi (35) | |
| Takahashi Katsumi 高橋克実 as Matsumoto Juichiro (47) |
Miura Tomokazu 三浦友和 as Hirose Makoto (48) |
 仲代達矢 as Matsumoto Kentaro (70) | |
| [[File:Chara_ooshima_f.jpg | 70px]]Oshima Satoko 島さと子 as Hirose Ayako (43) |
Tezuka Satomi 手塚理美 as Hirose Makoto (48) |
 仲條友彪 as Kobayashi Kazuki (6) |
| [[File:Toda_Jun.jpg | 60px]]Toba Jun 鳥羽潤 as Junpei |
 浅野和之 as the Doctor |
Uematsu Mami 植松真美 as grandpa's young lover! |
| Asaka Yuki 浅香友紀 as 池田久美(17) |
 水野はるか as 黒沢千尋(17) |
 田中圭 | |
 おかやまはじめ as Ueda Tomoyo father (ep5) |
Hirano Aya 平野文 |
 浅井江理名 |
Production Credits
- Producer: Ishimaru Akira
- Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuuichirou
- Screenwriter : Morishita Yoshiko
Awards
- 33rd International Emmy Awards: Nominee for Best Asian Drama
- 8th Nikkan Sports Drama Award: Best Drama ranked 3rd
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Casting
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Actor: Yamada Takayuki
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting: Actress: Ayase Haruka
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Theme Song: Shibasaki Kou
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Newcomer: Tanaka Koutaro
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuuichirou
- 42nd Television Academy Awards: Best Theme Clip
Trivia
- Based on best selling novel
- 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
Episode Ratings
- Ep01：2004-07-02 18.5 ％
- Ep02：2004-07-09 15.7 ％
- Ep03：2004-07-16 15.2 ％
- Ep04：2004-07-23 13.9 ％
- Ep05：2004-07-30 16.5 ％
- Ep06：2004-08-06 15.0 ％
- Ep07：2004-08-13 14.5 ％
- Ep08：2004-08-20 15.4 ％
- Ep09：2004-08-27 15.9 ％
- Ep10：2004-09-03 15.2 ％
- Ep11：2004-09-10 19.1 ％
- Special: 2004-09-17 15.3 ％
- Average： 15.9 ％