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Ruri's Island

2005-04-16 · 60 min / episode · ★ 9.0

Drama · Family

Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.

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Riko NarumiRiko NarumiRuri Fujisawa
Yutaka TakenouchiYutaka TakenouchiTatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara
Ken OgataKen OgataYuzo Nakama
Mitsuko BaishoMitsuko BaishoNakama Megumi
Manami KonishiManami KonishiSanae Shimabukuro
Fumiyo KohinataFumiyo KohinataYonemori Shomei
Sei HiraizumiSei HiraizumiAragaki Jiei
Yoshie IchigeYoshie IchigeAragaki Yoshie
Sansei ShiomiSansei ShiomiMiyazono Sohei
Ittoku KishibeIttoku KishibeKishibe Ittoku
SakuraKawashima Mihoko
Taeko YoshidaGranny Kamado
Toshiki KashûToshiki KashûSaito Shigeru
Haruka IgawaHaruka IgawaNakajima / Saito Mizuki
Masanobu KatsumuraMasanobu KatsumuraMatsukuma Koji
Mayuko NishiyamaMayuko NishiyamaMatsukuma Natsumi
Naomi NishidaNaomi NishidaNao Fujisawa
Risa JunnaRisa JunnaNakama Takako
Noboru KanekoNoboru KanekoKawashima Tatsuya
Anzu NagaiAnzu NagaiArikawa Izumi

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