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by
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. It was serialized in
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on 5 March 2008. The novel was published in
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format by Kodansha on 15 April 2011. The novel was adapted into a
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in 2008 starring
Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi, group that is under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Early life Ninomiya was born in Kat ...
, Ryo Nishikido, and
Erika Toda is a Japanese actress. Career Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including '' Liar Game'', '' Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, suc ...
. With the opening theme " Beautiful days" by
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and the insert song " Orion" by
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
, the drama series began on 17 October 2008.


Plot

During their childhood days, the Ariake siblings — Kōichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna lived peacefully with their parents who owned a western restaurant named after their family name that specializes in hayashi rice. One day in the night, the siblings ran away from home to watch a meteor, just to later find out that their parents were killed while they were gone. The case remained unsolved due to lack of evidence and witnesses; only Taisuke has barely seen a suspect, and a plastic umbrella with no print was apparently left by the killer. Leaving a great impact to the lives of the sibling, they made a promise to find the killer and kill him themselves. 14 years later, having grown up in an orphanage, the siblings are now scammers. When Shizuna approaches their target, restaurant manager Yukinari Togami, she discovers that Yukinari's restaurant serves hayashi rice with exactly the same taste as the one their family restaurant used to serve. After seeing Masayuki Togami, Yukinari's father and owner of the Togami restaurant chain, Taisuke determines that he is the suspect he saw on the night of their parents' murder. The siblings conclude that Masayuki killed their parents and stole their family recipe of hayashi rice, but they can only find circumstantial evidence. Eager for Masayuki to face justice before the case expires, the siblings plant evidence to frame Masayuki, leading the police to notice Masayuki as a suspect. During the process, Yukinari and Shizuna develop romantice feelings for each other, and Yukinari caught Shizuna planting a recipe book in the Togami residence. Yukinari decides to assist the Ariake siblings to find out if Masayuki is the real killer. With Yukinari's help, Kōichi and Taisuke visit the Togami residence disguised as police officers investigating the Ariake murder, and inform Masayuki that his DNA is found on an item at the crime scene, making him an official suspect. Masayuki accidentally reveals that he is aware that the item at the crime scene refers to a plastic umbrella, causing Yukinari, Kōichi and Taisuke to believe that he is indeed the killer. However, Masayuki reveals that he was at the crime scene that evening to purchase the hayashi rice recipe from the Ariake couple, only to find they were already dead. In shock, he left the scene with the recipe and was seen by Taisuke. However, Masayuki mistakenly took the killer's umbrella home, so the umbrella at the scene indeed belongs to him. He calls the police to his home and offers the killer's umbrella for finger printing. From the scratches on the handle of the killer's umbrella, Kōichi deduces that the real killer is actually Yasutaka Kashiwabara, the police officer in charge of the Ariake's murder. The scratches are the result of the killer swinging the umbrella like a golf club, which is a habit of Yasutaka. Yasutaka left his umbrella at the scene on the night of the murder, and when he came back as a police officer, he wiped prints on the umbrella at the scene, which actually belongs to Masayuki. Kōichi confronts Yasutaka, who admits to the crime and kills himself. Yasutaka left a suicide note, admitting to killing the Ariake couple and framing Masayuki (he had found the Ariake siblings were behind the framing and wanted to protect them from legal consequences). Kōichi and Taisuke decide to return their scam money and surrender to the police for their scams. Yukinari proposes to Shizuna.


Cast

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Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi, group that is under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Early life Ninomiya was born in Kat ...
as :*Ryusei Saito as young Koichi :Kōichi is the eldest of the Ariake sibling; he is 26 years old in the present time. He was the first one to discover his parents' dead bodies. Has great responsibility and dearly treasured his siblings. As the eldest son, he was expected to continue his father's restaurant, and has attended a cooking school, although according to him, it's "a waste of time." Kōichi is now working at "George Clooney," a curry house owned by his benefactor and lives there as well. * Ryo Nishikido as :*Issei Kakazu as young Taisuke :Taisuke is the middle child and Kōichi's only blood-related brother; he is 24 years old in the present time. Taisuke is the only person who has barely seen a suspect. He is now working at adult DVD store "Tommy Lee George," owned by his benefactor as well. He is currently living at Shizuna's apartment. *
Erika Toda is a Japanese actress. Career Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including '' Liar Game'', '' Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, suc ...
as :*
Sea Kumada is a Japanese child actress and tarento. She is best known for her work in '' Saya Zamurai'', for which she won a Newcomer of the Year Award at the 35th Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Her sister is child actress Koko Kumada. Biography Sea Kum ...
as young Shizuna :Shizuna, or nicknamed "Shii" by her brothers, is the last child and the only daughter; she is 21 years old in the present time. Unknowingly to her, Shizuna has no blood relation to her brothers, but is an illegitimate child from her mother's previous affair with a man named "Yazaki." *
Jun Kaname is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series " Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV progra ...
as :Yukinari is the only son and the heir of Togami western restaurant chain who is in attempt to recreate the original taste of hayashi rice. He is 29 years old. *
Toshinori Omi is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring ro ...
as :George is the benefactor and a father figure of the Ariake sibling; he owned the orphan facility where the siblings spent their childhood at, a curry house, and an adult DVD store. *
Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor. Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for '' Dotonbori River'' and '' Hearts an ...
as :Yukinari's father and the owner of Togami western restaurant chain. * Ryo as :Mother of the Ariake siblings. She was a hostess and was pregnant with one of her customer Yazaki before she met her current husband. *
Susumu Terajima is a Japanese actor. Though he has played a wide range of characters, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of ''yakuza'' figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano. Terajima made his acting debut in 1986's '' A Homansu''. He ...
as :Father of the Ariake siblings and owner of Ariake western restaurant. The store is popular for its hayashi rice that made with secret recipe. *
Tomokazu Miura is a Japanese actor. Life and career Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract. However, impressed b ...
as :The police who is in charge of Ariake's murder case. *
Osamu Shitara is a Japanese comedian, actor, voice actor and television presenter. He performs ''Manzai#Boke and tsukkomi, boke'' (he does not entirely do ''boke'' he is known for doing ''tsukkomi'') and tells stories in the comedy duo Bananaman (comedy duo), ...
as :Another police who is in charge of Ariake's murder case. When drunk, he acts like an ''onee''. *
Kenta Kiritani is a Japanese actor and singer. Filmography Film Television Dubbing *'' The Legend of Tarzan'', Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (; born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgår ...
as :The boss at Shizuna's former office. He loves to put post-it notes on everything. He calls Shizuna "boring," but is actually has crush on her although his pride won't let him say it. *
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in th ...
as :A mysterious girl with no eyebrows who often shows up at George Clooney; nobody knows her name because she simply never introduces herself. She calls Kōichi "Axel" and is attracted to him. She acts as the
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of the series.


Guests

* Taiyo Sugiura as Kazuya Saigō (ep 1,4) * Shoko Ikezu as Miwa Katsuragi (ep 1) * Tomiyuki Kunihiro as Nobuo Yazaki (ep 3,6) * Seminosuke Murasugi as Katsuo Tsukimura (ep 3-5,8) * Kazuaki Hankai as Teranishi (ep 3,6) * David Ito as Takehiro Sawai (ep 4) * Eri Tokunaga as Chiemi (ep 4) * Yumi Aso as Toko Yazaki (ep 5,6) * Aiko Morishita as Kimiko Togami (ep 5-10) * Shoichiro Tanigawa as a restaurant manager (ep 5) * Kiyohiko Ichihara as a shopkeeper (ep 5) * Akio Kaneda as chief clerk (ep 7) * Yusuke Shoji as Tsujimura (ep 7)


Staff

*Script:
Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese people, Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, Film director, director, actor and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 in film, 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for ''Go (2001 film), ...
*Soundtrack: *Producer: , *Director: ,


Episodes

It was broadcast in the
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, US affiliate of
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, every Saturday from 10 October 2009.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryusei no Kizuna Kin'yō Dorama 2008 Japanese television series debuts 2008 Japanese television series endings Television shows written by Kankurō Kudō Television shows based on Japanese novels