

Ruri's Island
2005-04-16 · 60 min / episode · ★ 9.0
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 NarumiRuri Fujisawa
Yutaka TakenouchiTatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara
Ken OgataYuzo Nakama
Mitsuko BaishoNakama Megumi
Manami KonishiSanae Shimabukuro
Fumiyo KohinataYonemori Shomei
Sei HiraizumiAragaki Jiei
Yoshie IchigeAragaki Yoshie
Sansei ShiomiMiyazono Sohei
Ittoku KishibeKishibe Ittoku
Toshiki KashûSaito Shigeru
Haruka IgawaNakajima / Saito Mizuki
Masanobu KatsumuraMatsukuma Koji
Mayuko NishiyamaMatsukuma Natsumi
Naomi NishidaNao Fujisawa
Risa JunnaNakama Takako
Noboru KanekoKawashima Tatsuya
Anzu NagaiArikawa IzumiTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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