#### **TV DRAMA** **|** [**FEATURE FILM**](https://nyaa.si/view/1089900)    https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Akai_Ito   - **Title:** 赤い糸 - **Title (romaji):** Akai Ito - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Romance, human drama - **Episodes:** 11 - **Viewership rating:** 8.5 (Kanto) - **Broadcast network:** Fuji TV - **Broadcast period:** 2008-Dec-06 to 2009-Feb-28 - **Air time:** Saturday 23:10 - **Ending song:** *366 Nichi* by HY - **Insert song:** *Ray* by Lego Big Morl   #### Synopsis Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna. Struggling to rebound from her decade-long crush, Mei finds comfort in the close camaraderie of her school friends, Taka, Mia, Yuri, Natsu, Mitsu and Sara, and then meets a reticent and gentle-natured boy named Atsushi. The two begin to realize that they share many things in common that seem to transcend mere coincidence: the same birthday (February 29th, 1992) and a previous encounter when they were both 8. Feeling a bond of fate, they grow closer. But destiny can have a dark side to it, too, and a shocking revelation from both of their pasts compels Atsushi to pull away from Mei. The devastating separation then unleashes a wave of misfortune upon her.   #### Cast - **Minamisawa Nao** ... *Takemiya Mei* - **Mizobata Junpei** ... *Nishino Atsushi (A-kun)* - Kimura Ryo ... *Takahashi Riku (Taka-chan)* - Okamoto Rei ... *Yamagishi Mia* - Ishibashi Anna ... *Tadokoro Mami* - Sakuraba Nanami ... *Nakagawa Sara* - Yanagishita Tomo ... *Fujiwara Natsuki (Natsu)* - Suzuki Kasumi ... *Nakanishi Yuri* - Tajima Yusei ... *Kamiya Mitsuru (Mitsu)* - Iwata Sayuri ... *Takemiya Haruna* - Yazaki Hiroshi ... *Shinozaki Yuya* - Hirata Kaoru ... *Kawaguchi Miyabi* - Yamada Gilson ... *Kota* - Wakaba Ryuya ... *Yasuda Shu* - Hayashi Kazuyoshi ... *Takahashi Tadaaki* - Suzuki Kosuke ... *Dr. Ota* - Yashiba Toshihiro ... *Inoue (homeroom teacher)* - Hamada Manabu ... *Ishikawa Haruo* - Yamaguchi Sayaka ... *Ishikawa Machiko* - Matsuda Kenji ... *Murakoshi Koichi* - Yamamoto Mirai ... *Nishino Natsumi* - Ogi Shigemitsu ... *Morisaki Takamichi* - Komoto Masahiro ... *Takemiya Toshihisa* - Watanabe Noriko ... *Takemiya Sachiko* - Miyatake Mio ... *young Mei* - Sawaki Ruka ... *young Atsushi*   #### Production Credits - **Screenwriter:** Hanzawa Noriko (ep1-2), Watanabe Chiho (ep3-11) - **Producer:** Sekiya Masayuki, Taneda Yoshihiko, Moriyasu Aya - **Director:** Murakami Shosuke (ep1-4,8-9,11), Kawamura Taisuke (ep5-7,10) - **Music:** Kanno Yugo