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* Title: タイヨウのうた
* Title (romaji): Taiyou no Uta
* Title (english): A Song to the Sun
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance, Human drama
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 10.26%
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-14 to 2006-Sep-15
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme songs:
o Opening: Invitation by Shibasaki Kou
o Insert: Taiyou no Uta (タイヨウのうた) by Kaoru Amane
o Insert: Stay With Me by Kaoru Amane

Summary:
While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Kouji Fujishiro (Yamada Takayuki) meets Kaoru Amane (Sawajiri Erika), a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), and can’t be exposed to the sun. Under the sun, the two would never have met. Still, destiny brings the two together. Since the day he suddenly lost his job, Kouji has lost sight of his dreams. But when he meets Kaoru, who is making positive efforts to become a singer, Kouji regains his long-forgotten passion for music. --TBS

Cast
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* Yamada Takayuki as Fujishiro Kouji (藤代孝治, 19)
* Sawajiri Erika as Amane Kaoru (雨音薫, 18)
* Matsushita Nao as Tachibana Asami (橘麻美, 20)
* Tanaka Kei as Oonishi Yuuta (大西雄太, 19)
* Sato Megumi as Matsumae Misaki (松前美咲, 19)
* Hamada Gaku as Katou Haruo (加藤晴男, 19)
* Kawamura Yousuke as Tatsunami Ryuusuke (立浪隆介, 19)
* Hara Fumina as Reisa (レイサ, 21)
* Kobayashi Mao as Miura Yuuko (三浦結子, 22)
* Becky as Emirii (エミリー, 22)
* Kaname Jun as Kudou Youhei (工藤洋平, 32)
* Kuroda Chieko a Amane Yuki (雨音由紀, 40)
* Yamamoto Kei as Enokido Shinichi (榎戸真一, 50)
* Katsumura Masanobu as Amane Ken (雨音謙, 40)
* Takenaka Naoto as Miura Osamu (三浦修, 50)
* Sato Jiro as the Security Guard

Guests

* Sakai Toshiya as Kouji's former employer (ep01)
* Nakamura Tsuyoshi as Asami's assistant (ep01)
* Megumi Toshiaki as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep01)
* Kaiho Chisato as the hosts on CDTV SP 2006 (ep01)
* Hankai Kazuaki as paparazzi (ep07 & ep08)

Official Website
Koaru Amane's Official Site

HOLY MOLY!
Anyone interested in seeing this drama, please search it up on dailymotion.com, while i was uploading the song there, i found out someone uploaded the whole drama series not the movie! Woot!

OMG! really??!! @o@!! must go and download!! but ahhh nooooo my net is slow at the moment >___<;; have to wait!! grrrrrrrr

LOL, no need to rush.

Anyway, I watched it on dailymotion, only the first two espisodes, for some reason, I don't really like it. The main guy character is really stubborn in the beginning, and I don't like his act. The guys are really desperate for money, like beggars. Don't like that either. It's an okay show i guess, if you like romantic stuff, but for me, romance and I, are officially over.

ohh okay...yeah it seems like a romance type of drama... awww it's just over for this year right? as you said before. I still have't had a chance to watch it yet. I'll sooner or later hehe

another sad story acted by sawajiri erika...

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interesting...very interesting. uh.. what is the different between the movie and the series?

well.. i guess movie should be a story with only one episod which is begin n then end at the same episode...
while series should be a story with about 10++ episodes which is longer than movie...

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I already know the different length between a movie and a series.

I want to know if the movie and series for this drama, is it the same. like storyline, casting, etc.

Well as far as I know, the movie and the drama aren't very different. Though the casting is different for everyone's roles. The movie casts Horie Yui. Even with a famous Jpop singer there, the movie seems much more boring than the show, because in the movie, there's a lot of singing in the dark. While in the drama, there's more action going on, lots of talking and exploring and there's not as much singing. To me, the series is way entertaining.

thanx for clearing that out..
i'm bit confuse about it myself..
heheh...


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