Title: 赤い奇跡
Title (romaji): Akai Kiseki
Also known as: Red Miracle
Format: Tanpatsu, in two parts
Genre: Mystery
Viewership ratings: Ep1=9.3, Ep2=8.3
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-09 and 2006-Apr-10
Air time: Sunday and Monday 21:00
Related dramas:
Original Akai series: Akai Meiro, Akai Giwaku 1975, Akai Unmei 1976, Akai Shogeki 1976, Akai Gekiryu, Akai Kizuna, Akai Gekitotsu, Akai Arashi, Akai Tamashii, Akai Shisen
Akai series 2005 (remakes): Akai Giwaku 2005, Akai Unmei 2005
Synopsis
From 1974's Akai Meiro (『赤い迷路』) to 1980's Akai Shisen (『赤い死線』), the Akai ("Red") series had 10 parts. Shown as the Akai Series 2005 last year, the remakes Akai Giwaku in June starring Ishihara Satomi and Akai Unmei in the fall season starring Ayase Haruka have received much acclaim. Hence this spring, Akai Kiseki will be broadcast as the 11th part in the series.
Akai Kiseki revolves around the basic plot of a star in the female figure-skating world who falls in love with a youth who had killed someone in the past, and portrays various trials and tribulations these star-crossed lovers have to go through to pursue their forbidden love. With the theme that "it is possible to illuminate one's life based on one's efforts," we launch this fresh modern installment of the Akai series.
Fukada Kyoko is trying out figure-skating for the first time in this show, and be sure not to miss scenes where she appears in the skating costumes and gorgeous clothes.
(Rough translation of TBS's introduction)
Cast
Fukada Kyoko as Sekiguchi Rinko
Tokushige Satoshi as Sawada Toru
Manda Hisako as Sekiguchi Yuriko
Ishihara Yoshizumi as Sekiguchi Goro
Nagashima Toshiyuki as Nishikawa Futoshi
Hayashi Yasufumi as Nishikawa Akira
Kanda Uno as Kurihara Fuyuta
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Yamada Kazuki
Hiraizumi Sei as Kakinuma Kunio
Sato Hitomi as Kakinuma Yayoi
Suzuki Hiromitsu as Harada Kensaku
Asada Mai as Matsuda Maiko
Shojiro as Kodama Hiroshi
Sakagami Jiro as Kobayashi Eisaku
Takenaka Naoto as Oohara Yuuya
Sakurada Seiko