Last Friends
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Current user rating: 93/100 (33 votes)
Profile
- TV show: Last Friends
- Romaji: Rasuto furenzu
- Japanese: ラスト・フレンズ
- Director: Hiromasa Kato, Mizuki Nishizaka, Mitsutaka Endo
- Writer: Kazutoshi Tani, Taeko Asano
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: April 10 - June 19, 2008
- Runtime: (Thursday) 22:00 - 22:54
- TV Ratings: 17.7%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Last Friends deals with issues such as domestic violence, sexless couples, and other problems that people suffer today. The youths in this drama are all suffering from different issues. They come to live together in a share house.
Hair stylist assistant Michiru Aida comes across Ruka Kishimoto, her best friend in high school. Ruka is living in a share house with her friend Eri, and is aiming to become a motocross racer. Ruka invites Michiru to live with her in the share house, but Michiru declines because she has plans to start living with her boyfriend Sosuke Oikawa, who works at the child welfare division at the ward office.
The same day at the same store, hair & make-up artist Takeru Mizushima bumps into Ruka and picks up a cup that she dropped and broke. Takeru chases after Ruka to return the cup, but she mistakenly thinks that he's trying to pick her up. Ruka yells at Takeru and walks away.
Soon after this, Michiru moves in with Sosuke. She is filled with happiness when Sosuke promises he'll never leave her side, whatever happens. But one morning, Michiru wakes up to find Sosuke looking at her cell phone checking her text messages...
Notes
- "Last Friends" premiere episode garnered only a 13.9% rating, but its final episode received a 22.8% rating.
Cast
| Image:LastFriends-Masami Nagasawa .jpg|90px}} | Image:LastFriends-Juri Ueno.jpg|90px}} | Image:LastFriends-Eita.jpg|90px}} | Image:LastFriends-Ryo Nishikido.jpg|90px}} | Image:LastFriends-Asami Mizukawa .jpg|90px}} |
| Masami Nagasawa | Juri Ueno | Eita | Ryo Nishikido | Asami Mizukawa |
| Michiru Aida | Ruka Kishimoto | Takeru Mizushima | Sosuke Oikawa | Eri Takigawa |
Additional Cast Members:
- Aki Nishihara - Reina Hiratsuka
- Tetsushi Tanaka - Kazumi Hayashida
- Shigenori Yamazaki - Tomohiko Ogura
- Mitsuko Baisho - Chinatsu Aida
- Mitsuki Nagashima - Shogo Kishimoto
- Takeru Shibuya - Higuchi Naoya
- Toshiyuki Kitami - Kenichiro Endo
- Yuko Ito - Yuko Shirahata
- Mayumi Asaka - Yoko Kishimoto
- Mitsuru Hirata - Shuji Kishimoto
- Tamao Yoshimura
- Tomokazu Yoshida - ep.4
- Yasunari Takeshima - ep.9,10
- Misayo Haruki - ep.11
Trailer
AndreaHyun Says:
Oct 14 2011 6:11 am
I'm only up to ep 3 for now but Sousuke already scared the life out of me! Everytime he appeared i would expect scenes like in Scream..LOL
anyeeM229 Says:
Sep 05 2011 11:01 am
this drama offers an extremely intriguing development. it contains many scandalous twists within each episode. i like that the characters are subtle and suppress a lot of their emotions. a lot of physical drama is avoided, but one can feel the emotional tension. and they don't take everything out on having sex with every opposite sex--unlike gossip girl! hehe
both the plot and the characters twist into forms i'd never imagined. at first, i thought nishikido's character was really creepy. i couldn't understand him at all. as the plot progressed, i slowly began to grasp his torturous emotions. i actually began to sympathize with him and..like him. at first, i couldn't get used to ueno acting as a tomboy after watching her play the bright, wild, and innocent girl in "nodame cantabile." but ueno threw me off by executing ruka perfectly. i even started to think "kakkoii~" hehe. also, i liked that eita played a bigger role than i imagined. basically, i loved how the ueno-eita-mizukawa trio's characters in this is drastically different and much more complex than theirs were in nodame cantabile. [i'd recommend watching that first.]
non sibi Says:
May 25 2011 8:59 pm
I guess, Sosuke must go so that Michiru can be free. Drama directors chose Sosuke to commit suicide. Supposed Sosuke is not 'that' possessive, I think, Michuru and Sosuke will live happily. This is a great drama about life. I am glad that they all can overcome the burden of their past. Life is beautiful at last. Ganbatte!!
dramafreak1 Says:
Jun 22 2010 6:31 am
i have no idea why nagasawa masami is listed as the main (maybe because the drama started with her?), but OBVIOUSLY ruka was the more prominent character in the drama! i think they should've made ruka the main... anywho, i really felt sorry for ruka, more than i did for michiru, 'cos michiru was just askin' for it! going back to him and betraying her friends... oh yeah, i wonder why ruka likes michiru anyway, i would definitely choose takeru
nonsibi Says:
Jun 21 2010 11:04 am
I agree with Mitzmin's comment, especially Ryo's psycopath role. At the end Sosuke killed himself to let Michiru free. Sad but also relieve...
Lenya Says:
Aug 11 2009 10:25 am
Excellent. Best drama I ever watched. Love Ueno Juri, Ryo...
Well...try watching it. You´ll like it for sure.
Mitzmin Says:
Aug 11 2009 9:34 am
One of the best dramas ever watched by me. I loved it.No, seriously LOVED it. Very beautiful.
I love Ruka(Ueno Juri), Takeru(Eita), Sousuke(Ryo). They are very good, and were very well on it.
I highly recommend.
Ororo023 Says:
Nov 29 2008 10:17 pm
I loved Ueno Juri in this show. She played the tomboy really well. Over all, I think this is a great series. I just wished that they had focused more on Ueno and her Gender Identity Disorder.
Yuuki Says:
Oct 27 2008 3:12 pm
I love RyoxMasami NishikidoxNagasawa (p.s there intials would b the same if they got married XD) And if sosuke wasnt a psycopath MichiruxSosuke!