Details
Title: 眠れる森
Title (romaji): Nemureru Mori
Title (English): A Sleeping Forest
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 25.2
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 1998-Oct-08 to 1998-Dec-24
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Camouflage by Takeuchi Mariya
Insert song: With or Without You by U2
Synopsis
Kimura Takuya plays Ito Naoki, a mysterious man that seems to have some special connection with Oba Minako (Nakayama Miho) by their childhood. But Minako has lost her memory long ago and she won't remember anything about her childhood or him. Naoki knows almost everything about her and he secretly invites her to the "Sleeping Forest". From there on their story begins, into a mix of dark and romantic drama.
Cast
Kimura Takuya as Ito Naoki
Nakayama Miho as Oba Minako
Natsuyagi Isao as Ito Naomi
Nakamura Toru as Hamazaki Kiichiro
Okada Masumi as Hamazaki Masateru
Harada Mieko as Hamazaki Makiko
Yusuke Santamaria as Nakajima Keita
Kazama Shunsuke as Nakajima 敬太
Honjo Manami as Sakuma Yuri
Yokoyama Megumi as Tamaki Harue
Jinnai Takanori as Kokubu Yoshiharu
Honma Kenichi (本間憲一)
Nagamine Naoko (長嶺尚子) as Shoko
Sato Hiroshi (佐藤裕)
Yazawa Kouji
Sagawa Mitsuo as Ogura Keiji
Yamaji Kazuhiro as Tamaki Kazuyoshi
Nobuzane Kazunori (信実一徳) as Oba Yoshisan
Makimura Senzaburo (牧村泉三郎) as Morita Akihito
Inoue Kayo (井上夏葉) as Morita Kazuko
Minami Miho (南美穂) as Morita Kimiko
Ishibashi Ryo
Tayama Ryosei
Sasaki Katsuhiko
Okumura Kouen
Mori Kiyuki
Ashizawa Takako (芦沢孝子)
Yoshimitsu Ryota (吉満涼太)
Tanaka Kenji (田中研二)
Ihata Juri
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nozawa Hisashi
Producer: Kita Reiko
Director: Nakae Isamu, Sawada Kensaku
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
Episode Information
Ep 01: The 15th annual love letter
Ep 02: A man who shadows
Ep 03: Memory tells a lie
Ep 04: Assault
Ep 05: Retreat
Ep 06: True culprit
Ep 07: Time capsule
Ep 08: Confession
Ep 09: Maria was watching
Ep 10: Santa Claus
Ep 11: Murderer
Ep 12: Wedding at Christmas Eve
Nemureru Mori
