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| Last Friends Details
Title: ラスト・フレンズ
Title (English): Last Friends
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Friendship, human drama, gay/lesbian
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 17.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-10 to 2008-Jun-19
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Prisoner Of Love by Utada Hikaru SynopsisLast Friends tackles issues that afflict the current
generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and
she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour
assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man
who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give
her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and
becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of
Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a
motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the
story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her
parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup
artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to
his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but
has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them
become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the
capacity to be positive about life.CastNagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
Eita as Mizushima Takeru
Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Takigawa Eri
Yamazaki Shigenori as Ogura Tomohiko
Nishihara Aki as Hiratsuka Reina
Ranka Rea as Mita Sayuri
Hirano Sayaka (平野早香) as Okabe Mayumi
Baisho Mitsuko as Aida Chinatsu
Nagashima Mitsuki as Kishimoto Shogo
Shibuya Takeru as Higuchi Naoya
Kitami Toshiyuki as Endo Kenichiro
Ito Yuko as Shirahata Yuko
Tanaka Tetsushi as Hayashida Kazumi
Asaka Mayumi as Kishimoto Yoko
Hirata Mitsuru as Kishimoto Shuji
GuestsGamo Mayu (蒲生麻由) (ep1,4)
Higashi Yuki (ひがし由貴) (ep1,7,10,SP)
Nomura Erika (野村映里利) (ep1)
Hamada Michihiko (浜田道彦) (ep1,11)
Kiyomi Jun (キヨミジュン) (ep1)
Natsukawa Asaki (夏川亜咲) (ep1)
Mai (舞雪) (ep1)
Komine Yuko (小峰悠子) (ep3)
Kawamura Saori (川村早織梨) (ep4,7)
Kanako (かなこ) (ep4)
Shimizu Kazuhiro (清水和博) (ep4,8)
Yoshida Tomokazu (ep4)
Nishida Saki (西田早希) (ep4)
Ishii Haruka (石井春花) (ep5)
Uchikura Kenji (内倉憲二) (ep5-6,8,SP)
Motokawa Ransho (本川嵐翔) (ep6-7,SP)
Watabe Aya (渡部彩) (ep7)
Horiguchi Takayoshi (堀口敬巧) (ep7)
Miyagi Arisa (宮城有沙) (ep7,SP)
Watanabe Tetsushi (渡辺哲史) (ep7,SP)
Uemura Kihachiro (植村喜八郎) (ep8)
Nakazawa Junko (ep8-9)
Asaki (ep8)
Komizu Aya (小水彩) (ep8)
Tashiro Mai (小水彩) (ep8)
Wasamoto Nahoko (和佐本菜穂子) (ep8)
Okumura Mao (奥村真央) (ep8)
Takada Makiko (高田麻紀子) (ep8)
Nanjo Chihiro (南條千尋) (ep8)
Takeshima Yasunari (竹嶋康成) (ep9-10)
Ebina Kiyokazu (蝦名清一) (ep9)
Mimura Takayo (ep9)
Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) (ep10)
Tsuchida Ashimo (土田アシモ) (ep10)
Takishita Tsuyoshi (滝下毅) (ep10)
Yoshino Yoshiko (よしのよしこ) (ep10,SP)
Daiya (ダイヤ) (ep10)
Nagano Satomi (ep11)
Haruki Misayo (ep11)
Shirai Keita (白井圭太) (ep11)
Okazaki Hiroshi (岡崎宏) (ep11)
Mori Fujio (森富士夫) (ep11)
Matsuyama Hisako (松山尚子) (ep11)
Omori Akemi as Nagatani Shizue (ep11) Production CreditsScreenwriter: Asano Taeko
Producer: Nakano Toshiyuki
Directors: Kato Hiromasa (加藤裕将) (ep1-3,8,11), Nishisaka Mizuki (西坂瑞城) (ep4-5,9-10), Endo Mitsutaka (遠藤光貴) (ep6-7,SP)
Music: Izutsu Akio (井筒昭雄), S.E.N.S. Awards
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Youth Drama
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Actress - Ueno Juri
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: Ueno Juri
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Nishikido Ryo
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director: Kato Hiromasa, Nishisaka Mizuki, Endo Mitsutaka
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Script: Asano Taeko
57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actor: Nishikido Ryo
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actress: Ueno Juri NotesImmediately after each episode aired, a special spin-off movie
centered around Takigawa Eri titled "Eri - my Love" aired on FujiTV On
Demand. Although a fee is usually charged, "Eri - my Love" was provided
free for one hour after Last Friends aired. The production staff for the
spin-off series included the following:
Screenwriter: Tani Kazutoshi (谷和俊)
Producer: Watanabe Tsuneya (渡辺恒也)
Directors: Endo Mitsutaka (遠藤光貴), Moriwaki Tomonobu (森脇智延), Miyaki Shogo (宮木正悟)
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