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Also Known As: Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, Sekachu
Release Date: July 2, 2004 to September 10, 2004
Network: TBS
Episodes: 11
Genres: Romance, Melodrama
Year: 2004
Theme Song: Katachi Aru Mono by Shibasaki Kou
Average Viewersip Rating: 15.9%
Country: Japan
Directors: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuichiro
Producers: Ishimaru Akihiko
Writers: Morishita Keiko
Full Cast:
  • Ogata Naoto as Matsumoto Sakutaro (34)
  • Sakurai Sachiko as Kobayashi Aki (34)
  • Tanaka Koutaro as Ooki Ryunosuke (17)
  • Emoto Tasuku as Nakagawa Akiyoshi (17)
  • Motokariya Yuika as Ueda Tomoyo (17)
  • Kaho as Matsumoto Fumiko (13)
  • Matsushita Yuki as Yatabe Toshimi (35)
  • Takahashi Katsumi as Matsumoto Juichiro (47)
  • Miura Tomokazu as Hirose Makoto (48)
  • Nakadai Tatsuya as Matsumoto Kentaro (70
  • Oshima Satoko as Hirose Ayako (43)
  • Tezuka Satomi as Hirose Makoto (48)
  • Nakajou Tomoaya as Kobayashi Kazuki (6)
  • Toba Jun as Junpei
  • Asano Kazuyuki as the Doctor
  • Uematsu Mami as grandpa's young lover
  • Asaka Yuki as (17)
  • Mizuno Haruka as (17)
  • Okayama Hajime as Ueda Tomoyo father (ep5)
  • Tanaka Kei
  • Hirano Aya
  • Asai Erina
Official Website:
Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu Official Site
Additional Information:
  • Based on a novel
  • Has 1 Special
Last Modified: 2007-12-26 06:48:01
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Average Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It's 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks "I have been in a world without her for 17 years." Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.
Starring:
  • Yamada Takayuki as Matsumoto Sakutaro
  • Ayase Haruka as Hirose Aki

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Written by BOGCHI  - Saturday, 02 August 2008  - Top 10 Reviewer
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Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu, based on a very popular novel, starts out from the beginning and on very depressing. From the start, the creators of the drama let us know that this drama would have a tragic ending. If you have a weak spot for sad dramas, you should prepare a box of tissue while watching this. 
 
Sekai no Chuushin is about a very strong love story of two teenagers. As their love for each other grows, and after a couple of hints (nosebleeds and such..), the girl was later diagnosed with Lukemia. "How will the two lovers cope with this?" and "how would her parents and the people that surrounds them react?".. were pretty much the main questions of the story. 
 
I like how the love story was built up. Unlike some dramas, the love story progressed quite slowly and believable enough, which is very important because it was the main story of the drama. The pace was very mellow, but not to the point that it would get you fast asleep. The setting was great; it takes you back to the good old days. The shots were just beautifully done. The beautiful music help create the very sad mood it had all throughout. The actors did a good job, unless you're really picky, you won't find any flaws.. well nothing big. 
 
Overall, this is a touching drama that everyone who's in for a nice/heartwarming/depressing love story should check out.
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BOGCHI  - Sad   |2008-07-10 09:14:08
avatar One of the saddest drama I've seen
Will write a review later..
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