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Tokyo Friends(Đông kinh フレンズ,Tōkyō Furenzu)is a Japanese television drama released on June 3, 2005. Unlike many other dramas, it was never aired on television but released as a set of 3DVDs.Volumes one and two contain the first 4 episodes while volume three contains the last episode. Each episode is approximately 70 minutes.
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Created by | Max Matsuura |
| Written by | Rin Eto |
| Directed by | Kozo Nagayama |
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| Opening theme | Friends(フレンズ)byAi Otsuka |
| Ending theme | To MebyBoo Bee Benz Kimi to Iu Hana(Quân という hoa)by Boo Bee Benz Yumekui(ユメクイ)by Ai Otsuka |
| Composer | Sin |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No.of episodes | 5 |
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| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 46 min. (approx) |
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| Release | June 3, 2005 |
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The Tokyo Friends Premium Box was also released which includes all 5 episodes, a bonus DVD, and 12 postcards. Although this is a very typical Tokyo-story and was never aired, it was quite successful probably because it wasAi Otsuka's debut as an actress.
Plot
editRei Iwatsuki moved from her hometownKōchitoTokyoto pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs.
Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them.
Cast
edit- Ai Otsuka- Rei Iwatsuki
- Eita- Ryuuji Shintani
- Rio Matsumoto- Hirono Hayama
- Masanobu Katsumura- Kazuo Sasakawa
- Yōko Maki- Ryoko Fujiki
- Mao Kobayashi- Maki Abiko
- Ryuta Sato- Kenichi Satomi
- Yuuta Hiraoka- Hidetoshi Tanaka
- Kuranosuke Sasaki- Kohashi
- Mari Hoshino- Akemi
- Kei Tanaka- Wataru Iwatsuki
- Kazuki Kitamura- Keitaro Sasakawa
- Hajime Okayama
- Kazuyuki Asano
- Yutaka Matsushige- Shirakawa
- Shunta Nakamura- Mitsuo Nagase
- Takashi Ito- Oku-chan
- Yuu Misaki- Yoshie Sasakawa
- Arata Furuta- Wada
Movie
editTokyo Friends: The Moviewas released in theaters byShochikuon August 12, 2006 and on DVD byAvexon December 13, 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^Ánh họa đông kinh フレンズ The Movie- allcinema(in Japanese)
External links
edit- Official website(in Japanese)
- Tokyo FriendsatIMDb