Details
Title: 瑠璃の島
Title (romaji): Ruri no Shima
Also known as: Ruri's Island
Genre: Human drama
Broadcast network: NTV
Renzoku
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 12.64
Broadcast period: 2005-Apr-16 to 2005-Jun-18
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana by Kobukuro
Synopsis
On Hatomi, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing of the school is a virtual given. Mr. Nakama (Ogata Ken), decides to do something about it - and heads for Tokyo to recruit his grandson. Rebuffed by his daughter, however, he decides to adopt another child. He finds Ruri (Narumi Riko), a mature girl of 11 who distrusts people due to the fact that her mother (Nishida Naomi) doesn't care much about her, but after seeing Mr. Nakama's true intentions, allows him to take her to the island. Unfortunately, the local teacher, Ms. Sanae (Konishi Manami), who was banking on the school's closing to be able to go somewhere else, is resentful of Ruri and makes light of her city fashion (including permed hair, fake curls, and miniskirts), which leads to a big showdown between her and Ruri - and the people who were enthusiastic about her suddenly begin to have their doubts, and only Mr. Nakama and his wife Megumi (Baisho Mitsuko) take Ruri's side strongly. Following into the island is Mr. Kawashima (Takenouchi Yutaka), a mysterious man who saves Ruri from drowning following the fight - and who becomes her conscience and friend in her daily life in the island. But is Kawashima what he seems? Or did he come to the island to run away from Tokyo - and possibly a crime he may have been involved in there? Katsumura and Nishiyama play a local married couple of neighbors, Kashu and Igawa a local unmarried couple of neighbors, all of them willing to help Ruri in their own way. --Surge79uwf
Cast
Narumi Riko as Fujisawa Ruri
Takenouchi Yutaka as Kawashima Tatsuya/Takahara Makoto
Ogata Ken as Nakama Yuzo
Baisho Mitsuko as Nakama Megumi
Konishi Manami as Shimabukuro Sanae
Kohinata Fumiyo as Yonemori Shomei
Hiraizumi Sei as Aragaki Jiei
Ichige Yoshie as Aragaki Yoshie
Shiomi Sansei as Miyazono Sohei
Kishibe Ittoku as Ohama Manabu
Yoshida Taeko as Granny Kamado
Sakura as Kawashima Mihoko
Kashu Toshiki as Saito Shigeru
Igawa Haruka as Nakajima/Saito Mizuki
Katsumura Masanobu as Matsukuma Koji
Nishiyama Mayuko as Matsukuma Natsumi
Nishida Naomi as Fujisawa Nao
Junna Risa as Nakama Takako
Nagai Anzu as Arikawa Izumi
Kaneko Noboru as Kawashima Tatsuya
Igarashi Shunji (ep5)
Takasugi Ko as Nonomura Hajime (ep7-8)
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Morishita Yoshiko, Terada Toshio, Morishita Nao (森下直), Takeda Yuki (武田有起)
Producers: Toda Kazuya (戸田一也), Kunimoto Masahiro, Tsugiya Hisashi (次屋尚)
Directors: Inomata Ryuichi, Ikeda Kenji (池田健司)
Music: Haketa Takefumi
Ruri no Shima
