Ryūsei no Kizuna

Ryūsei no Kizuna 流星の絆
Also known as	Ties of Shooting Stars
Genre	Mystery Suspense
Created by	Keigo Higashino
Written by	Kankurō Kudō
Directed by	Kaneko Fuminori Yasuharu Ishii
Starring	Kazunari Ninomiya Ryo Nishikido Erika Toda
Theme music composer	Takuya Harada
Opening theme	Beautiful Days by Arashi
Composer(s)	Shin Kōno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aki Isoyama Jun Nasuda
Running time	approx. 49 minutes
Release
Original network	TBS
Original release	October 17 (2008-10-17) – December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19)
Chronology
Preceded by	Maō
Followed by	Love Shuffle
External links
Website

Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆, lit. Meteor Bonds) is a detective novel by Keigo Higashino. It was serialized in Weekly Gendai from September 16, 2006 to September 15, 2007 and was published into one tankōbon volume by Kodansha on March 5, 2008. The novel was published in paperback format by Kodansha on April 15, 2011.

The novel was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2008 starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, and Erika Toda. With the opening theme "Beautiful days" by Arashi and the insert song "Orion" by Mika Nakashima, the drama series began on October 17, 2008.

Cast

• Kazunari Ninomiya as Koichi Ariake

• Ryusei Saito as young Koichi

• Ryo Nishikido as Taisuke Ariake

• Issei Kakazu as young Taisuke

• Erika Toda as Shizuna Ariake

• Sea Kumada as young Shizuna

• Jun Kaname as Yukinari Togami
• Toshinori Omi as George Hayashi
• Osamu Shitara as Shinji Hagimura
• Akira Emoto as Masayuki Togami
• Ryo as Toko Ariake
• Susumu Terajima as Yukihiro Ariake
• Tomokazu Miura as Yasutaka Kashiwabara
• Kenta Kiritani as Hisanobu Takayama
• Mika Nakashima as Sagi

Guests

• Taiyo Sugiura as Kazuya Saigō (ep 1,4)
• Shoko Ikezu as Miwa Katsuragi (ep 1)
• Tomiyuki Kunihiro as Nobuo Yazaki (ep 3,6)
• Seminosuke Murasugi as Katsuo Tsukimura (ep 3-5,8)
• Kazuaki Hankai as Teranishi (ep 3,6)
• David Ito as Takehiro Sawai (ep 4)
• Eri Tokunaga as Chiemi (ep 4)
• Yumi Aso as Toko Yazaki (ep 5,6)
• Aiko Morishita as Kimiko Togami (ep 5-10)
• Shoichiro Tanigawa as a restaurant manager (ep 5)
• Kiyohiko Ichihara as a shopkeeper (ep 5)
• Akio Kaneda as chief clerk (ep 7)
• Yusuke Shoji as Tsujimura (ep 7)

Staff

• Script: Kankurō Kudō
• Soundtrack: Shin Kōno (河野 伸, Kōno Shin)
• Producer: Jun Nasuda (那須 田淳, Nasuda Jun), Akira Isoyama (磯山 晶, Isoyama Akira)
• Director: Kaneko Fuminori (金子 文紀, Fuminori Kaneko), Yasuharu Ishii (石井 康晴, Ishii Yasuharu)

Episodes

It was broadcast in Taiwan through Videoland Japan from Monday through Friday from August 3 to 14, 2009. It was broadcast in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through TV Japan, US affiliate of NHK, every Saturday from October 10, 2009.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Video Research Ltd." (in Japanese). Video Research Ltd. Retrieved March 9, 2016. 
2. ↑ "This month's highlight - October" (in Japanese). TV Japan. Retrieved 2009-12-05. 

External links

• Official website
• Weekly Ratings (Japanese)