Kono yo no Hate
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Kono yo no Hate
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Details
- Title: この世の果て
- Title (romaji): Kono yo no Hate
- Also known as: The End of the World
- Genre: Kurai, romance
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings: avg=22.9%, highest=25.3%
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 1994-Jan-10 to 1994-Mar-28
- Air time: Monday 21:00
- Theme song: OH MY LITTLE GIRL by Ozaki Yutaka
Synopsis
Maria is in need of money. Because her day-time job doesn't pay enough, she works at night at a cabaret. She needs the money so that she can pay for her sister, Nana's eyes operation. When both Maria and Nana were younger, Maria burned down the home, causing her sister's blindness and killing their father (mother survived.) Shiro is a famous concert pianist. However, he isn't happy with his marriage or his life in general. Maria and Shiro are united through a traffic accident, causing Shiro to be hospitalized. Faking amnesia and his identity, he stays at Maria's place and eventually starts to work at the cabaret as a piano player. As you will find out later on, life was not meant for Maria and Shiro to find one another. --groink
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Cast
- Suzuki Honami as Sunada Maria
- Mikami Hiroshi as Takamura Shiro
- Sakurai Sachiko as Sunada Nana (Maria's sister)
- Toyokawa Etsushi as Kamiya Seiji (Maria's customer)
- Oura Ryuichi as Mishima Jun
- Yokoyama Megumi as Kagami Rumi
- Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Sunada Yuko (Maria's mother)
- Shimizu Koji as Yoshida Kiyoshi (Nana's ophthalmologist)
- Ogi Shigemitsu as Sasaki Minoru (chef)
- Takaki Mio as Takamura Yuriko (Shiro's wife)
- Kato Zenpaku as Nimura Koichi (private investigator)
- Akimoto Naomi as Tanabe Kyoko (hostess, Maria's friend)
- Shiomi Sansei as Ohmae Takashi (Kamiya Seiji's secretary)
- Tsuruta Shinobu as Murai Yoshio (flower shop owner)
- Kayashima Narumi as Murai Sanae (Murai Yoshio's wife)
- Sawamukai Yoji (沢向要士) as Murai Michio (Murai Yoshio's son)
- Tsuchiya Kumiko as Miura Hiromi (Murai Michio's accomplice)
- Matsuda Masaru as Ino Hitoshi (barkeeper, Rumi's henchman)
- Nishino Mei (西野芽衣) as Ami (girl with recorder)
- Kataoka Goro as cabaret owner (ep2,4)
- Orimoto Junkichi as Nana's grandfather (ep7)
- Miyauchi Junko (宮内順子) as Nana's grandmother (ep7)
- Hamada Maha (濱田万葉) as Nishigishi Shinobu (girl who takes Shiro in, ep12)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji, Hayashi Toru
- Producer: Ota Toru
- Director: Nakae Isamu
- Music: Mizoguchi Hajime
Reviews
- Kono yo no Hate is known throughout Japanese television as the darkest Japanese drama ever made, also known as kurai. It is not recommended watch for people who are depressed or are prone to finding themselves in a depressed state after watching a sad drama. I'm serious! --groink
- This dorama is too dark for casual genre viewers. Although Honami Suzuki emerged as a multi-talented actress who could handle any sort of role, Hiroshi Mikami seems to have been typecast as a sad suitor for a woman since then. Nonetheless, their chemistry is strong and makes you want to go along with them as their outside troubles arise and exhort them to not give up on their love. --Surge79uwf
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