* Title: 流星の絆
* Title (romaji): Ryusei no Kizuna
* Also known as: Ties of Shooting Stars
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Suspense, bonds, comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 16.3 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-17 to 2008-Dec-19
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme song: Beautiful Days by Arashi
o Insert song: ORION by Nakashima Mika
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Synopsis
"When we grow up… We’ll kill him together". Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just in elementary school, and they vowed to avenge their death. Fourteen years later, their vengeful plan unravels countless new facts. A shocking revelation leads to an overwhelmingly emotional ending. What will become of the siblings who have lived their lives solely in reliance of their bond alone? --TBS
Cast
* Ninomiya Kazunari as Ariake Koichi
o Saito Ryusei as young Koichi
* Nishikido Ryo as Ariake Taisuke
o Kakazu Issei as young Taisuke
* Toda Erika as Ariake Shizuna
o Kumada Sea (熊田聖亜) as young Shizuna
* Kaname Jun as Togami Yukinari
* Omi Toshinori as Hayashi George
* Shitara Osamu as Hagimura Shinji
* Emoto Akira as Togami Masayuki
* Ryo as Ariake Toko
* Terajima Susumu as Ariake Yukihiro
* Miura Tomokazu as Kashiwabara Yasutaka
* Kiritani Kenta as Takayama Hisanobu
* Nakashima Mika as Sagi
Guests
* Sugiura Taiyo as Kazuya (ep1,4)
* Ikezu Shoko as Katsuragi Miwa (ep1)
* Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Yazaki Nobuo (ep3,6)
* Murasugi Seminosuke as Tsukimura Katsuo (ep3-5,8 )
* Hankai Kazuaki as Teranishi (ep3,6)
* David Ito as Sawai Takehiro (ep4)
* Tokunaga Eri as Chiemi (ep4)
* Aso Yumi as Yazaki Toko (ep5,6)
* Morishita Aiko as Togami Kimiko (ep5-10)
* Tanigawa Shoichiro (谷川昭一朗) as a restaurant manager (ep5)
* Ichihara Kiyohiko (市原清彦) as a shopkeeper (ep5)
* Kaneda Akio as chief clerk (ep7)
* Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Tsujimura (ep7)
Production Credits
* Original writing: Higashino Keigo
* Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
* Producers: Isoyama Aki, Nasuda Jun
* Directors: Kaneko Fuminori, Ishii Yasuharu
* Music: Kono Shin
