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==User Rating==<br />
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==Profile==<br />
* '''Drama:''' The Eighth Day<br />
* '''Romaji:''' Youkame no Semi<br />
* '''Japanese:''' 八日目の蝉<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Akimitsu Sasaki]], [[Takashi Fujio]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Taeko Asano]], [[Mitsuyo Kakuta]] (novel)<br />
* '''Producer:''' [[Akimasa Oka]], [[Jun Kurosawa]]<br />
* '''Network:''' [[NHK]]<br />
* '''Episodes:''' 6<br />
* '''Release Date:''' March 30 - May 4, 2010 <br />
* '''Runtime:''' Tuesday 22:00-22:43<br />
* '''TV Ratings:''' 7.8% (weekly average)<br />
* '''Language:''' Japanese<br />
* '''Country:''' Japan<br />
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==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==<br />
Kiwako Nonomiya ([[Rei Dan]]) is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama ([[Kanji Tsuda]]), the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. <br />
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One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko ([[Yuka Itaya]]) are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law ...<br />
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==Notes==<br />
# Based on novel "Youkame no Semi" by [[Mitsuyo Kakuta]] (published March 25, 2007 by Chuokoron-Shinsha).<br />
# Related titles:<br />
## [[Rebirth (Youkame no Semi)|Rebirth]] | Youkame no Semi (2011)<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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| [[File:The Eigth Day-Rei Dan.jpg|link=Rei Dan|90px]]<br />
| [[File:The Eigth Day-Kanji Tsuda.jpg|link=Kanji Tsuda|90px]]<br />
| [[File:The Eigth Day-Yuka Itaya.jpg|link=Yuka Itaya|90px]]<br />
| [[File:The Eigth Day-Kie Kitano.jpg|link=Kie Kitano|90px]]<br />
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| [[Rei Dan]] <br />
| [[Kanji Tsuda]] <br />
| [[Yuka Itaya]] <br />
| [[Kie Kitano]] <br />
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| Kiwako Nonomiya<br />
| Takehiro Akiyama<br />
| Etsuko Akiyama<br />
| Erina Akiyama<br />
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'''Additonal Cast Members:'''<br />
* [[Aki Takejo]] - Michiyo<br />
* [[Kohki Okada]] - Kishida<br />
* [[Kotomi Kyono]] - Yasue Nigawa<br />
* [[Mitsuko Baisho]] - Tomiko Nakamura<br />
* [[Maki Sakai]] - Kumi Sawada<br />
* [[Atsuko Takahata]] - Keiko Takaishi<br />
* [[Yumiko Fujita]] - Angel Naomi Hasegawa<br />
* [[Goro Kishitani]] - Bunji Shinohara<br />
* [[Tokie Hidari]] - Yoshimi Ohide<br />
* [[Kazuko Yoshiyuki]] - Masae Sawada<br />
* [[Masanori Ishii]] - Tsuchida<br />
* [[Miku Kato]] - Kaoru Akiyama<br />
* [[Shunji Fujimura]]<br />
* [[Seiran Kobayashi]]<br />
* [[Koko Mori - 1929|Koko Mori]] - old woman at store (ep.2)<br />
* [[Mariko Tsitsui]] - ep.2,3<br />
* [[Kurume Arisaka]] - ep.3<br />
* [[Yojin Hino]] - ep.4<br />
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==Episode Ratings==<br />
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! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode<br />
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date<br />
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)<br />
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| 01 || 03/30/2010 || 8.2%<br />
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| 02 || 04/06/2010 || 6.2%<br />
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| 03 || 04/13/2010 || 7.4%<br />
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| 04 || 04/20/2010 || 8.4%<br />
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| 05 || 04/27/2010 || 7.2%<br />
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| 06 || 05/04/2010 || 9.3%<br />
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! colspan=2 | Average || 7.8%<br />
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Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/semi/ Official Website]<br />
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