Details
Title: 雨と夢のあとに
Title (romaji): Ame to Yume no Ato ni
Also known as: After the Rain and Dreams
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Fantasy, horror
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 9.84
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2005-Apr-15 to 2005-Jun-17
Air time: Friday 23:00
Theme song: Ame to Yume no Ato ni by Okuda Miwako (奥田美和子)
Synopsis
Based on a novel by Akutagawa Prize-winning author, Yu Miri, 'Ame to Yume no Ato ni' is a story about the supernatural and the bonds between a father and daughter.
Sakurai Tomoharu is a single parent who has an extremely close relationship to his daughter. One of his hobbies is catching and collecting butterflies, and he has traveled to Taiwan to catch a very rare butterfly, the Troides magellanus. It's so rare it's been called the "phantom butterfly." The legend goes that whoever catches this butterfly will become a phantom themselves.
Back in Japan, Tomoharu's daughter, Ame, hasn't received a phone call from her father in days and begins to worry. However, when Tomoharu does return, he has no recollection of how he got back to Japan, or what happened at all. Ame notices strange things beginning to happen all around her . . .
With the help of his neighbor Akiko, Tomoharu begins to piece together what happened back in Taiwan, and comes to a horrifying conclusion. --awrittensin
Cast
Kurokawa Tomoka as Sakurai Ame
Sawamura Ikki as Sakurai Tomoharu
Kimura Tae as Koyanagi Akiko
Hayami Mokomichi as Hayakawa Hokuto
Asami Reina as Shirasaka Mahiru
Kyoko as Nonaka Maria / Sakurai Tsukie
Brother Tom as Hayakawa Takeo
Miho Jun as Hayakawa Kiriko
Guests
Hirata Mitsuru as the policeman ghost (ep1)
Toriyama Airi as Ishida Yuriko (ep2)
Takahata Atsuko as Ishida Sanae (ep2)
Takahashi Yumiko as Ooshima Kasumi (ep3)
Nakamura Shunta as Kuji Yasuhiko (ep4)
Yamashita Tetsuo as Kuji Shotaro (ep4)
Sato Jiro as Umezu Seichi (ep5)
Fukasawa Arashi as Umezu Yuta (ep5)
Saito Chiaki (斉藤千晃) as Umezu Shiori (ep5)
Nakahara Takeo (ep6)
Yazawa Shin as Ruriko (ep7)
Mizushima Hiro (ep7)
Sawada Ayako as Tomoharu's mother (ep8)
Yamada Meikyo as Tomoharu's father (ep8)
Kamikawa Takaya as Takashiba Shiro (ep9)
Kawata Nozomi
Yabe Kenji
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Ame to Yume no Ato ni by Yu Miri (柳美里)
Screenwriters: Narui Yutaka, Mashiba Azuki
Producer: Nakagome Takuya (中込卓也)
Director: Aso Manabu
Music: Maruyama Kazunori (丸山和範)
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Even If I Die, I'll Protect You
Ep 02: The Ghost of a Beautiful Girl Searches For Her Mother
Ep 03: Confession
Ep 04: Parents
Ep 05: Lie
Ep 06: Separation - The Conclusion of the First Chapter
Ep 07: Broke
Ep 08: Resolution
Ep 09: Akiko
Ep 10: Hope ~ Eternal Rain
