Details
Title: 太陽は沈まない
Title (romaji): Taiyo wa Shizumanai
Also known as: The Sun Became Quiet / Sun Never Sets
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 16.9
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-13 to 2000-Jun-22
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Insert song: Journey by Takizawa Hideaki
Synopsis
Nao is a kid who always gets in brawls but always fights for his mother. One day his mother Teruko collapses and later dies. Nao suspects there is some sort of malpractice involved by the hospital and vows to search for the truth along with his lawyer. Very much to his own chagrin, he starts falling in love with the hospital owner's daughter.
Cast
Takizawa Hideaki as Masaki Nao
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Kirino Setsu
Yuka as Isetani Ami
Bito Isao as Masaki Shiro
Sato Hitomi as Masaki Yuko
Inoue Yuna as Masaki Runa
Komine Rena as Yoshida Mari
Sugawara Toshimi as Kikui Mayu
Moro Morooka as Nonaka Kohei
Ogi Shigemitsu as Professor Sasaki
Tsurumi Shingo as Attorney Ikezawa
Makino Koji as Kashiwano Kota
Takahashi Hitomi as Kitayama Shizuko
Kyomoto Masaki as Minami Etsushi
Osugi Ren as Isetani Keizo
Ito Ran as Isetani Akiko
Takeshita Keiko as Masaki Teruko
Inomata Yuki as Yoshida Kayo
Watanabe Taku (渡辺卓) as Mizoguchi Kenji
Miura Akifumi (三浦哲郁) as Mori Shunsuke
Fujishiro Tomomi (藤代知己) as Nemoto Takumi
Akanishi Jin (ep6)
Obayashi Takeshi
Mitsuishi Ken
Itaya Yuka
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie
Producer: Yamaguchi Masatoshi
Directors: Nakae Isamu, Mizuta Narihide, Sakuraba Shinichi (桜庭信一)
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
Episode Titles & Ratings
Ep 01: Why did mother die?
Ep 02: I'll fight against the hospital!
Ep 03: ずぶ濡れで抱きしめた人 /
Ep 04: Tears and Kiss of Separation
Ep 05: Price of Mother's Life?
Ep 06: Betrayal and Separation
Ep 07: The person I really like most
Ep 08: Mother, the trial begins!
Ep 09: Another man who killed his mother
Ep 10: The truth of impact! The sun sets
Ep 11: What's the sun for? Confrontation of Fate
