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Drama: And, Live (literal title)
Romaji: Soshite, Ikiru
Japanese: そして、生きる
Director: Sho Tsukikawa
Writer: Yoshikazu Okada
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 6
Release Date: August 4 - September 8, 2019
Runtime: Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
Genre: Romance / 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Toko Ikuta (Kasumi Arimura) lost her parents in a car accident at the age of 3. Afterwards, her uncle, who ran a barbershop in Morioka, raised her and she had a happy childhood. Toko Ikuta was active as a local idol and she dreamed of becoming an actress. At the age of 19, she is set to take an audition in Tokyo. The day before her audition, on March 11, 2011, the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami hits Japan. In the autumn of 2011, Toko Ikuta works at a cafe. She goes with her Korean co-worker Han Yoo-Ri (Kang Ji-Young) to do volunteer work in Kesennuma as the area recovers from the devastating tsunami. There, Toko Ikuta meets Kiyotaka Shimizu (Kentaro Sakaguchi) who is a university student from Tokyo and a member of a student volunteer group. While spending time together in Kesennuma, Toko Ikuta and Kiyotaka Shimizu develop feelings for each other.

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"And, Live" takes over WOWOW's Sunday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Hand of God" and followed by "Evil's Wave" on October 6, 2019.

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Kasumi Arimura	Kentaro Sakaguchi	Kang Ji-Young	Masato Hagiwara	Ken Mitsuishi
Toko Ikuta	Kiyotaka Shimizu	Han Yoo-Ri	Masayuki Sakamoto	Kazutaka Ikuta



Kaho Minami	Yozaburo Ito	Amane Okayama	Eriko Moriwaki
Mieko Shimizu	Hiroshi Shimizu	Shinji Kubo	Chikage Shimizu

Additional Cast Members:

Taro Suwa
Satomi Nagano - (ep.4)
Kazushige Komatsu - (ep.4)
Ryo Ikeda - (ep.4-5)
Chika Uchida - (ep.5)
Masayo Umezawa - (ep.6)
Kenji Ine - (ep.6)
Yuwa Suzuki - Kubo (ep.6)

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stllcldgel Sep 16 2023 10:05 am Japanese romantic dramas are mostly complex and realistic.

If only Toko had told Kiyotaka about her pregnancy, I felt like he would have stayed with her. Things would have been different, and although there's no guarantee that things will be better for them, at least she told him since he also deserves that. However, she decided to let go of him instead just so she wouldn't be a burden to his dream, which led to all these events.

And then she decided again to let go and say nothing when she learned that her friend met and fell in love with Kiyotaka. It was surely too painful for her.

And then, even after her husband offered her a divorce, she chose to stay with him. If she hadn't, when she met Kiyotaka at the end, there could've been another chance for them. But no, she chose to stay with her husband. And honestly, even if I love her more with Kiyotaka, her husband has been there for her when she needed someone the most. He really loves her, so somehow I'm glad she stayed with him at his lowest point. And after all, her priority now is their daughter. Toko is really selfless and has been through so much.

In the end, even if Kiyotaka and Toko still love each other so much, I guess they weren't really meant to be. I think their meeting at the end was the closure they needed.

Ren Jun 22 2021 10:17 am Kang Jiyoung is really suitable for Japanese roles rather than Korean. I love her accent in speaking Japanese, can't wait to see her again on the next project. Hope the pandemic will be gone soon so that she and we all can do activities as usual without concerning about the disease. Please, come back with new song or roles on camera!! ♡♡

sakaken kawaii Apr 14 2020 9:55 pm i've been lately watching sakaguchi's doramas and movies, and this one's very good! the plot is interesting yet im so piqued with the ending, my ship sank.. toko and kiyo- huhu (╥﹏╥) also i really love the cinematography! you can feel the warmth yet sadness at the same time!

Voryeci Dec 22 2019 10:47 am I do really wish Toko & Kiyotaka will be together in the end.. It's so heartbreaking to see them being apart even they're loving each other.. ???

Mariya Sep 12 2019 9:12 pm It's somewhere in Luzon. Also, I saw one local actor (Izzy Canillo) on episode 3. ?

Miso Aug 23 2019 12:56 am Is this based drama based on real life?

marchn Aug 15 2019 6:30 am I'm thinking the last scene's location from episode 2 will be somewhere in Visayas

Scarlet Aug 08 2019 1:11 am Yes! The last scene is from the philippines (PH Flag) and i think it's batangas, excited to watch it online, it's late but totally tanoshimi desu. ❤ from Philippines

Fatkenny Jul 16 2019 11:45 am I didn’t know kentaro san went to the Philippines

A Jul 11 2019 9:54 am Whaaaatttt?!?! SakaKen went to the Philippines???

Kiryuu Jul 10 2019 8:46 pm OMG... There are scenes taken from the Philippines!. This made me more excited to see the drama ;D

kkkkk May 02 2019 3:19 am they work for 3 times .cant for their new drama together..

hayacchi Apr 02 2019 9:29 pm I love these two but don't they rest?? I feel like I've been consistently seeing their works for the past months or so Hope they take good care of themselves. Curious how they'll recreate the incident though, looking forward to it!

K Mar 25 2019 8:32 am This is 3rd time they work together if I'm not mistaken, looking forward to their chemistry as an item

karenktq Mar 25 2019 7:41 am Loved them in Narratage... glad they have another project together!

SailorV Mar 21 2019 10:21 pm This actually has a interesting plot, and two great actors, I'm really excited to see their chemistry play out. Any drama that has to do with natural disasters are usually good. I like how they used the 2011 earthquake for this one. I'm looking forward to seeing Kasumi and Kentaro act together.

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