Ikebukuro West Gate Park
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- TV Show Ikebukuro West Gate park
- Romaji: Ikebukuro West Gate park
- Japanese: 池袋ウエストゲートパーク
- Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Fuminori Kaneko
- Writer: Kankuro Kudo
- Network: TBS
- Episode: 11
- Release Date: April 14 - June 23, 2000
- Runtime: 21:00-21:54
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto is a friend of King, the leader of a youth gang called the G-Boys, though he himself does not want to join as a member. Known for his cool head and ability to get things done, Makoto becomes an key trouble-shooter for the gang by diffusing tense situations and keeping his friends out of harm's way. However, the death of his girlfriend and an escalating turf war with a rival gang threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.
Cast
- Tomoya Nagase - Makoto
- Tomohisa Yamashita - Shun
- Satoshi Tsumabuki - Saru Saito
- Kenji Sakaguchi - Doberman Yamai
- Kazuhiro Nishijima - Kyoichi Ozaki
- Koichi Sudo - Denpa-kun
- Shoko Ikezu
- Kitaro
- Korn - Hasunuma, The boss
- Koyuki
- Yosuke Kubozuka - King
- Aiko Morishita - Makoto`s Mother
- Ryuta Sato
- Issei Takahashi
- Ken Watanabe
- Tetsu Watanabe - King`s Father
- Shin Yazawa
- Kazuki Maehara
- Aja
- Wakana Sakai - Rika Nakamura (ep1)
- Shun Oguri - Yoshikazu (ep2)
- Kenichi Endo - Hidaka-san (ep3,11)
LinWei Says:
Sep 18 2009 5:19 am
Actually the whole of Crazy Ken Band appeared, not only Ken-san. Rize was also involved, Jesse looks so different in the past and Nobuaki looks so bad-ass(as always).
LinWei Says:
Sep 03 2009 8:23 pm
superb drama. both Nagase Tomoya and Kubozuka Yosuke were fantastic. Watanabe Ken shows that he could do comedic roles. Yamashita Tomohisa is so... young. Kato Ai plays a type of character never seen in her later works. Sakaguchi Kenji shows his madness. Sato Ryuta continues to show why he is best portraying a side-kick to main characters in dramas. Koyuki adds a feminine touch. a great drama especially for teens.
and in the SP episode, the gang from Kisarazu Cat's Eye, Bussan+Bambi+Masta+Uchi+Ani makes an appearance(nice one! since Kankuro was the script writer for both IWGP and Cat's Eye) and Crazy Ken Band's lead singer Yokoyama Ken made a guest appearance and sang Tiger & Dragon's theme song to Nagase Tomoya in one scene(nice touch again! Nagase Tomoya acted in Tiger & Dragon, and Kankuro is, again, the writer for Tiger & Dragon)