Swimming in the Dark

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Drama: Swimming in the Dark (English title)
Romaji: Wanitokagegisu
Japanese: わにとかげぎす
Director: Toshio Tsuboi, Aya Matsuki, Masahide Izumi
Writer: Minoru Furuya (manga), Izumi Takahashi
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: July 19 - September 27, 2017
Runtime: Wednesday 23:56:24:26 (30 min.)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Yuji Tomioka (Teppei Arita) is a 38-year-old single man who has never dated a woman. He works the night shift as a security guard at a supermarket. He experiences loneliness during this time. One night, during a shooting star, he wishes to have friend. A mysterious neighbor, Azusa Hada (Tsubasa Honda), appears in front of him. They fall in love, but Yuji's life changes.

Notes

Based on manga series "Wanitokagegisu" by Minoru Furuya (published from 2006 to 2007 in Japanese weekly seinen manga anthology magazine Weekly Young Magazine).
First lead acting role for Teppei Arita (member of comedy duo "Cream Stew") in a drama series.

Cast



Teppei Arita	Tsubasa Honda	Kento Kaku	Kaito Yoshimura	Kom_I
Yuji Tomioka	Azusa Hada	Yudai Hanabayashi	Isamu Amekawa	Hana Yoshioka



Yasushi Fuchikami	Jun Murakami	Ken Mitsuishi	Dotama	Shodai Fukuyama
Yosuke Uehara	Naoya Togane	homeless man	Yuji Shimada	Kawakami

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Additional Cast Members:

Pachiku Kato - (ep.1)
Ken Nakajima - (ep.4)

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Comments

berceuse May 27 2017 9:30 am Hmm the plot sounds like Starman. My my the pairing...

phikr1 May 21 2017 11:50 pm what the?! out of all those manga's protagonist out there, this one, the plain and normal prot make it into live action lol

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