Ruri no shima
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Synopsis
On Hatomi a small island in Okinawa stateOkinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
part of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
'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 (Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama...
), 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 (Riko Narumi
Riko Narumi
is a Japanese actress and model.-Films:-Dramas:-External links:* at Ken On Entertainment...
), a mature girl of 11 who distrusts people because her mother (Naomi Nishida
Naomi Nishida
is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love.She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008...
) 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 (Manami Konishi
Manami Konishi
is a Japanese actress and singer from Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. She is a part of Sony Music Japan.-Biography:Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1978, Manami Konishi joined Kohei Tsuka's Theatre Company in 1999, and made her stage debut in Tsuka's play "Netorare Sosuke." She established...
), 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 (Mitsuko Baisho) take Ruri's side strongly. Following into the island is Mr. Kawashima (Yutaka Takenouchi), 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.
Cast
- Riko NarumiRiko Narumiis a Japanese actress and model.-Films:-Dramas:-External links:* at Ken On Entertainment...
as Ruri - Yutaka Takenouchi as Tatsuya/Makoto
- Ken OgataKen OgataKen Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama...
as Nakama Yuzou - Fumiyo Kohinata as Teruaki
- Naomi NishidaNaomi Nishidais an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love.She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008...
as Nao - Taeko Yoshida as Granny Kamado
- Sansei Shiomi as Souhei
- Sei HiraizumiSei Hiraizumiis a Japanese actor.Hiraizumi starred as Koichi Matsudo in L: Change the WorLd. and he also starred in Osaka Tough Guys.-External links:* http://info.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/typs/id119631/...
as Harue - Yoshie Ichige as Yoshie
- Sakura as Mihoko
- Mitsuko Baisho as Megumi
- Toshiki Kashu as Shigeru
- Haruka IgawaHaruka IgawaHaruka Igawa is a Japanese actress.-Personal life:Haruka married fashion designer Matsumoto Ato and has one daughter -Recognitions:* 39th Golden Arrow Award: Graph Award...
as Mitsuki - Manami KonishiManami Konishiis a Japanese actress and singer from Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. She is a part of Sony Music Japan.-Biography:Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1978, Manami Konishi joined Kohei Tsuka's Theatre Company in 1999, and made her stage debut in Tsuka's play "Netorare Sosuke." She established...
as Sanae - Ittoku Kishibe as Manabu
- Masanobu Katsumura as Kouji
- Mayuko Nishiyama as Natsumi
- Anzu NagaiAnzu Nagaiis a Japanese actress.Nagai starred in Hanochi. Nagai is represented by Topcoat . Her most notable role is young Nico Robin in the anime One Piece.-Trivia:...
- Shunji IgarashiShunji Igarashi' is a Japanese actor, most notably known for the lead role of Mirai Hibino/Ultraman Mebius in the 2006-2007 tokusatsu series Ultraman Mebius. Igarashi is affiliated with the acting unit D-BOYS, produced by .-Career:...
Production credits
- Screenwriters: Morishita Keiko, 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 Ryuuichi (猪股隆一), Ikeda Kenji (池田健司)
- Music: Takefumi HaketaTakefumi Haketa (composer)Takefumi Haketa is a Japanese composer, producer and arranger. His work includes composing music of the anime of Uninhabited Planet Survive!, Someday's Dreamers, Vampire Knight and Miyori no Mori, producing the Chihiro Onitsuka albums Insomnia, Sugar High and This Armor and arranging one of the...
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