Details
Title: 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ
Title (romaji): Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
Also known as: Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, Human drama
Episodes: 11, 1 Special
Viewership ratings: 15.9
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2004-Jul-02 to 2004-Sep-10
Air time: Friday 22:00-22:54
Theme song: Katachi Aru Mono by Shibasaki Kou
Synopsis
"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.
Cast
Yamada Takayuki as Matsumoto Sakutaro (17)
Ayase Haruka as Hirose Aki (17)
Ogata Naoto as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34)
Sakurai Sachiko as Kobayashi Aki (34)
Tanaka Koutaro as Oki Ryunosuke (17)
Emoto Tasuku as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17)
Motokariya Yuika as Ueda Tomoyo (17)
Kaho as Matsumoto Fumiko (13)
Matsushita Yuki as Yatabe Toshimi (35, 52)
Takahashi Katsumi as Matsumoto Juichiro (47, 64)
Oshima Satoko as Matsumoto Ayako (43, 60)
Tezuka Satomi as Hirose Makoto (43, 60)
Miura Tomokazu as Hirose Makoto (48, 65)
Nakadai Tatsuya as Matsumoto Kentaro (70)
Nakajou Tomoaya as Kobayashi Kazuki (6)
Tanaka Kei as Yasura Tadashi (17)
Asaka Yuki as Ikeda Kumi (17)
Mizuno Haruka as Kurosawa Chihiro (17)
Asano Kazuyuki as the Doctor
Takeno Isao as the takoyaki vendor
Uematsu Mami as grandpa's young lover
Okayama Hajime as Ueda Tomoyo's father (ep5)
Toba Jun as Junpei (ep6-7)
Asai Erina as Yasuda
Hirano Aya
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
Producer: Ishimaru Akihiko
Directors: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuichiro
Music: Kono Shin
Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
