#### [**TV DRAMA**](https://nyaa.si/view/1088375) **|** **FEATURE FILM**      - **Title:** 赤い糸 - **Title (romaji):** Akai Ito - **Title (English):** Threads Of Destiny - **Director:** Murakami Shosuke - **Writers:** Watanabe Chiho, Hanzawa Ritsuko, Mei (novel) - **Release Date:** December 20, 2008 - **Runtime:** 106 minutes - **Genre:** Romance   #### 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 - **Director:** Murakami Shosuke - **Writer:** Watanabe Chiho, Hanzawa Ritsuko, Mei (novel) - **Assistant Director:** Kawamura Yasuhiro - **Producers:** Takeda Yoshihiko, Sekiya Masayuki, Moriyasu Aya - **Production Company:** Fuji TV, Kyodo Television - **Distributor:** Shochiku   #### Awards - **33rd Japan Academy Awards:** Rookie of the Year (**Mizobata Junpei**)      **Uploader's Note:** The film is basically a summary of the first nine episodes of the TV drama with some additional scenes that were cut from the TV broadcast and alternative takes of some others. --*kawada_kun*