Ryoko's mother, Morishita Yukiko , is a world-renowned pianist who arrives from Tokyo to recuperate from an illness.
She falls in love with a fisherman, Nakamura Ryuji, then marries him and gives birth to their daughter Ryoko shortly before passing away.
Two boys, Daisuke and Kazuya, are born the same year as Ryoko, and the three children grow up like brothers and sisters, but as they near adulthood, they each begin heading toward their own separate paths. Kazuya decides to remain on the island to become a fisherman, while Daisuke is accepted into an art school in Naha (on the main island of Okinawa), and Ryoko considers leaving the island to study nursing. But during the spring of their 18th year, Kazuya sings a song of love, "Tubarama," to Ryoko, forever changing the relationship between the three friends...", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/drama/M7KnMc.jpg", "genre": [ "Other" ], "contentRating": "PG-13", "datePublished": "Jun 27, 2009", "dateModified": "2016-12-23", "startDate": "Jun 27, 2009", "endDate": "", "actor": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fukushi Seiji", "alternateName": "福士誠治", "birthDate": "June 3, 1983", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Fukushi Seiji is a Japanese actor. He was born on June 3, 1983, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He debuted onscreen in 2001 and his first TV role was in the Fuji TV drama Long Love Letters. He's currently represented by talent agency Imai Office.
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In 2002, her appearance in the Nabisco CM earned her the title of "The Pretty Girl from the Nabisco CM" in magazines and TV shows, as her name was not yet well-known at the time.
In 2003, she had her very first leading role in the movie, Robokon and Masami commented that it was this movie that first brought out her acting skills and that it remains one of her favourite works to this day.
In 2004, Masami starred as the heroine of the story, a teenage girl who died of leukemia, in the big hit movie, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. The movie was a box office hit in Japan, earning 8.5 billion Yen in total. It was in this movie that she decided to shave off all her hair to accommodate her role as a leukemia patient. Her outstanding performance in this movie gave her recognition as an actress and earned her numerous awards including the Best Supporting Actress Prize (the youngest ever) in the 28th Japanese Academy Awards.
Nagasawa graduated from Horikoshi High School, which also counts among alumni performers like Hamasaki Ayumi, Haruka Ayase, Ueto Aya, Matsumoto Jun, Yuya Tegoshi, Yamashita Tomohisa, Toma Ikuta and Koki Tanaka.
For three consecutive years since 2005, she has been the cover girl for Toho Calendar, which has a history of over 50 years.
In April 2007, she co-starred with Yamashita Tomohisa for the second time in the fantasy love comedy, Proposal Daisakusen (first time was in Dragon Zakura), featuring the former model Eikura Nana. The show enjoyed high ratings, and the cast also swept the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards for Spring of 2007, winning in all 5 categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Drama.
In summer 2007, Masami was ranked 9th in 2007 Most Influential People In Japan and was the only female in the ranking. The order is as follows: Takuya Kimura, Takeshi Kitano, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Monta Mino, Sanma Akashiya, Shingo Katori, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Nagasawa Masami, Masahiro Nakai, according to magazine Flash.
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He is a graduate of Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kyoto City Nijo Junior High School, and Rakunan High School. In 1988, in order to succeed the family business, he entered Tokyo University to study agriculture and eventually transferred to Kobe University. At university, he studied biotechnology and sake rice. After graduating, he began working with an advertising agency in 1992. Following two years working at the agency's head office in Osaka, he left in order to continue with his theatrical pursuits.
From 1990 to 1998, he played an active part as a stage actor with the group "Planet Pistachio". In 2000, he decided he wanted to become an actor as a career and expanded his activities to include dramas and movies. In 2000, he started appearing in NHK's serial drama "Audrey". Since then, he has been in many popular works. In 2006, he debuted as an actor in the main role in "Mamiya Brothers". In 2008, he debuted as the lead in a tv drama for the first time with "Giragira". In 2009, he became the star of "Honcho Azumi" which went on for six seasons. He has also continued acting on stage and launched his own theater unit "Team Saru" in 2005. In 2014, he even debuted in a Kabuki role, notable as it's unusual for non-Kabuki actors to appear in Kabuki plays.
While his family was initially against him acting, his family's sake brewery has released limited-edition sake such as "Audrey" and "Hancho". On October 12, 2015, he was appointed the ambassador of Kyoto International Tourism.
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