Start Line
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Details
- Title: スタートライン ~涙?スプリンター~ / Start Line ~Namida no Sprinter~
- Also Known As: Start Line ~ Sprinter of Tears / Starting Line
- Episodes: 1 Special
- Genre: Human Drama
- Air time: 9pm
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 17 December 2005
- Theme Song:
Production Credits
- Producer: Kurihara Miwako
- Director: Kawake Shun
- Screenwriter: Izumi Hiroshi
- Original Story by: Hara Natsumi
- Music by:
Cast
- Yamada Takayuki as Imai Jun
- Suzuki Anne as Hitomi
- Ootake Shinobu
- Tokito Saburo
- Tomosaka Rie
- Haba Yuuichi
- Suzuki Kousuke
- Suga Kenta
- Akiyama Natsuko
Synopsis
Imai Shun (Yamada Takayuki), a runner who is supposed to be in the running to take part in the Olympics, suffers an injury after falling during the final selection race. Since then, he no longer takes part in any races.
Shun meets a blind senior high school girl, Mizujima Hitomi which is rather ironical as the name, Hitomi means eyes but she can't even see. After this meeting, Shun thinks that he will not see her again.
After he retires from athletics, Shun is approached by the Para-lympics committee to be a partner i.e. GUIDE for a blind runner. However, Shun is unable to accept this request as he used to be in the running to take part in the Olympics and he finds being a GUIDE as a disgrace.
A few months later, Shun accepts the request after he finds out that he is struck with an incurable illness and will not live for long... --Dorama World
Feature News Article
Yamada Takayuki will be acting in FujiTV's drama SP to be shown in Dec with Suzuki Anne. The drama entitled "Start Line" is about an athlete who gets injured and becomes a blind girl's guide during the Para-lympic short distance running event. The story is based on a novel by Hara Natsumi.
Yamada plays Imai Jun who is expected to take part in the Olympic short distance running event and is raised by his single mother played by Ootake Shinobu. However, during the heat, Imai falls and injures himself just before the goal. As a result, he has to give up his Olympic dream. At the same time, he meets a blind girl, Hitomi and trains with her so as to be her guide in the Para-lympic (Olympics for the disabled). Just as he re-discovers the joy of running again, Imai finds himself down with an incurable illness. --Dorama World