Japanese Drama - Akai Ito

* Title: 赤い糸
* Title (romaji): Akai Ito
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance, human drama
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 8.5 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2008-Dec-06 to 2009-Feb-28
* Air time: Saturday 23:10
* Theme songs:
o Ending theme: 366 Nichi by HY
o Insert song: Ray by lego big morl

Synopsis

The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the "red thread of fate" connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face. --Tokyograph

Cast

* Minamisawa Nao as Takemiya Mei
o Miyatake Mio as young Mei
* Mizobata Junpei as Nishino Atsushi (A-kun)
o Sawaki Ruka as young Atsushi
* Kimura Ryo as Takahashi Riku (Taka-chan)
* Okamoto Rei as Yamagishi Mia
* Ishibashi Anna as Tadokoro Mami
* Sakuraba Nanami as Nakagawa Sara
* Yanagishita Tomo as Fujiwara Natsuki (Natsu)
* Suzuki Kasumi as Nakanishi Yuri
* Tajima Ryo as Kamiya Mitsuru (Mitsu)
* Iwata Sayuri as Takemiya Haruna
* Yazaki Hiroshi as Shinozaki Yuya
* Hirata Kaoru as Kawaguchi Miyabi
* Yamada Gilson (山田ジルソン) as Koota
* Wakaba Ryuya as Yasuda Shu
* Hayashi Kazuyoshi (林和義) as Takahashi Tadaaki
* Suzuki Kosuke as Dr. Ota
* Yashiba Toshihiro as Inoue (homeroom teacher)
* Hamada Manabu as Ishikawa Haruo
* Yamaguchi Sayaka as Ishikawa Machiko
* Matsuda Kenji as Murakoshi Koichi
* Yamamoto Mirai as Nishino Natsumi
* Ogi Shigemitsu as Morisaki Takamichi
* Komoto Masahiro as Takemiya Toshihisa
* Watanabe Noriko as Takemiya Sachiko

Others

* Tawaragi Tota as the patissier (ep1)
* Konno Mahiru as a science teacher (ep1)
* Nakamura Asaka (中村朝佳) as Yuri (ep2,4)
* Yonemura Misaki as Ai-chin (ep4-7)
* Ikeda Ai (池田愛) as Yuki (ep4-7)
* Iwahashi Michiko (岩橋道子) as Sara's mother (ep5-6)
* Fukazawa Atsushi as a teacher (ep7)
* Hiiragi Rumi as Nozomi (ep8)
* Watanabe Bambi (渡辺万美)
* Fujimura Naoki (藤村直樹)
* Nakatani Mitsutoshi (中谷みつとし)
* Murakami Kouki

Production Credits

* Screenwriters: Hanzawa Ritsuko (半澤律子) (ep1-2), Watanabe Chiho (渡辺千穂) (ep3-11)
* Producers: Sekiya Masayuki (関谷正征), Taneda Yoshihiko (種田義彦), Moriyasu Aya (森安彩)
* Directors: Murakami Shosuke (村上正典) (ep1-4,8-9,11), Kawamura Yasuhiro (川村泰祐) (ep5-7,10)
* Music: Kanno Yugo

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