Ryūsei no Kizuna

Ryūsei no Kizuna
流星の絆
Also known as Ties of Shooting Stars
Genre Mystery
Suspense
Created by Keigo Higashino
Written by Kankurō Kudō
Directed by Kaneko Fuminori
Yasuharu Ishii
Starring Kazunari Ninomiya
Ryo Nishikido
Erika Toda
Theme music composer Takuya Harada
Opening theme Beautiful Days by Arashi
Composer(s) Shin Kōno
Country of origin Japan Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Aki Isoyama
Jun Nasuda
Running time approx. 49 minutes
Release
Original network TBS
Original release October 17 (2008-10-17) – December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19)
Chronology
Preceded by Maō
Followed by Love Shuffle
External links
Website

Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆 lit. Meteor Bonds) is a detective novel by Keigo Higashino. It was serialized in Weekly Gendai from September 16, 2006 to September 15, 2007 and was published into one tankōbon volume by Kodansha on March 5, 2008. The novel was published in paperback format by Kodansha on April 15, 2011.

The novel was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2008 starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, and Erika Toda. With the opening theme "Beautiful days" by Arashi and the insert song "Orion" by Mika Nakashima, the drama series began on October 17, 2008.

Cast

  • Ryusei Saito as young Koichi
  • Issei Kakazu as young Taisuke

Guests

Staff

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateViewers[1]
(%)
1"Higashino Keigo x Kudo Kankuro! The No.1 Tearful, Moving, Epic Mystery"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōOctober 17, 200821.2
2"The Umbrella, the Portrait, and the Mysterious Woman"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōOctober 24, 200817.3
3"Parents' Secret and the Hashed Meat Prince"Yasuharu IshiiKankurō KudōOctober 31, 200815.0
4"A Memory That is Connected to the Real Perpetrator"Yasuharu IshiiKankurō KudōNovember 7, 200815.6
5"Enemy's Son and the Stolen Flavour"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōNovember 14, 200815.1
6"We Are Not Real Brothers and Sister"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōNovember 21, 200814.8
7"Our Sister is in Love with the Enemy's Son"Yasuharu IshiiKankurō KudōNovember 28, 200814.5
8"Our Sister's True Self and the Cornered Perpetrator"Yasuharu IshiiKankurō KudōDecember 5, 200811.5
9"Final Confession On the Day the Statute of Limitation Ends"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōDecember 11, 200815.4
10"You Are the Perpetrator! The Fate of the 3 Siblings... A Tearful and Moving Final Episode!"Kaneko FuminoriKankurō KudōDecember 18, 200822.6

It was broadcast in Taiwan through Videoland Japan from Monday through Friday from August 3 to 14, 2009. It was broadcast in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through TV Japan, US affiliate of NHK, every Saturday from October 10, 2009.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Video Research Ltd." (in Japanese). Video Research Ltd. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "This month's highlight - October" (in Japanese). TV Japan. Retrieved 2009-12-05.


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