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Posted by: SiLvErBeAr Mar 21 2008, 11:40 PM

Title: Last Friends
Released: 10 April 2008
Genre: Friendship, human drama
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Theme song: Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru

Casts:
Nagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
Eita as Mizushima Takeru
Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Takigawa Eri
Yamazaki Shigenori as Ogura Tomohiko
Nishihara Aki as Hiratsuka Reina
Ranka Rea as Sanda Sayuri
Hirano Sayaka as Okabe Mayumi
Baisho Mitsuko as Aida Chinatsu

Synopsis:
Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation.

Michiru's (Nagasawa Masami) mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, Sosuke (Nishikido Ryo), a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love.

The boyishly charming Ruka (Ueno Juri) was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident.

Takeru (Eita) is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.

Awards
* 1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Youth Drama
* 1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Actress - Ueno Juri
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: Ueno Juri
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Nishikido Ryo
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director: Kato Hiromasa, Nishisaka Mizuki, Endo Mitsutaka
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Script: Asano Taeko
* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
* 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actor: Nishikido Ryo
* 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Supporting Actress: Ueno Juri

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