Series synopsis
Red Thread of Fate, also known as 赤い糸 is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on December 6, 2008. It ended on February 28, 2009. It was created by Mei. It stars Nao Minamisawa, Junpei Mizobata, Ryo Tajima and Sayuri Iwata.
Akai Ito is Japanese television drama series based on a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.
Premise
Akai Ito is Japanese television drama series based on a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Nao Minamisawa as Takemiya Mei
- Junpei Mizobata as Nishino Atsushi
- Ryo Tajima as Kamiya Mitsuru
- Sayuri Iwata as Haruna Takemiya
- Ryo Kimura as Riku Takahashi
- Rei Okamoto as Mia Amagishi
- Anna Ishibashi as Asami Tadokoro
- Hitomi Miyauchi as Sara Nakagawa
Supporting cast
- Yanagishita Tomo as Natsuki Fujiwara
- Kasumi Suzuki as Yuri Nakanishi
- Hiroshi Yazaki as Yuya Shinozaki
- Kaoru Hirata as Miyabi Kawaguchi
- Ryuya Wakaba as Shu Yasuda
- Mirai Yamamoto as Natsumi Nishino
- Shigemitsu Ogi as Takamichi Morisaki
- Noriko Watanabe as Sachiko Takemiya
- Kenji Matsuda as Koichi Murakoshi
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 11 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 11 | December 6, 2008 | February 28, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I fell in love with you the moment we met | December 6, 2008 |
| 2 | The chocolate which heals loneliness | December 13, 2008 |
| 3 | Two people whom I met | December 20, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 6, 2008 |
| Last aired | February 28, 2009 |
| Runtime | 37 minutes |
| Status | Ended |