Summer Snow is a Japanese television drama

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 that aired from July 7, 2000 to September 15, 2000 on TBS

Tokyo Broadcasting System

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. It is a love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an activity-restricting ailment. The title refers to marine snow

Marine snow

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, which the two promise to see together one day. The series is composed of 11 episodes.

Summary

Natsuo (Domoto Tsuyoshi) has been looking after his younger brother Jun and sister Chika since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki (Hirosue Ryōko

Ryoko Hirosue

is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :...

) becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon.

Songs and Theme Songs

• Natsuno Osama by KinKi Kids
  KinKi Kids
  is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Although the members share the same surname, the only relation they have to each other is that they both hail from the Kinki region, hence the duo's name....
  
  
• Summer Snow by Sissel
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   and Zamfir
  Zamfir
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• Seven Angels by Sissel

Cast

• Tsuyoshi Domoto
  Tsuyoshi Domoto
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, writer and illustrator. Along with Koichi Domoto , he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Biography :Born in Nara, Domoto joined the...
  
   - Shinoda Natsuo
• Ryōko Hirosue
  Ryoko Hirosue
  is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :...
  
   - Katase Yuki
• Tsubasa Imai - Suetsugu Hiroto
• Ikewaki Chizuru
  Ikewaki Chizuru
  is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Ōsaka monogatari. She played Chika Shinoda in the Japanese TV drama Summer Snow that aired 2000.-Filmography:...
  
   - Shinoda Chika
• Shunsuke Nakamura - Tachibana Seiji
• Kadono Takuzo - Katase Shogo
• Hideko Hara - Sakurai Miyako
• Shun Oguri
  Shun Oguri
  is a Japanese actor, director and voice actor.-Career:Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo Oguri, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life...
  
  - Shinoda Jun