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Title: 南極大陸~神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語~
Title (romaji): Nankyoku Tairiku ~Kami no Ryouiki ni Idomunda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari~
Title (English): Antarctica ~The Story of Dogs and Men Who Challenged the Field of God~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-16 start
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Arano yori by Nakajima Miyuki
Synopsis
The drama is going to be based on the true story of Japan’s First Cross-Winter Expedition in Anarctica. Kimura’s role of geologist Kuramochi is going to be quite similar to that of actor Takakura Ken in the 1983 film “Nankyoku Monogatari“, simply known as “Antarctica” in many western countries. However, it’s not going to be a complete remake.
The plot will focus on the 11 members of the team and their relationship with the 19 Sakhalin Huskies. Terrible weather conditions make it almost impossible for the team to return back home and they end up being forced to leave all of the dogs behind at the Shouwa Base. One year later Kuramochi and a few others returned to the base with the Third Cross-Winter Expedition and much to their surprise, two of the dogs, Taro and Jiro, were able to survive despite the harsh conditions. Their reunion with the two dogs is going to be the big emotional highlight of the drama.
Jdrama Weblog wrote:A drama commemorating TBS's 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore Antartica. They were accompanied by a dogsled of 19 Sakhalin dogs. When they left for Japan a year later, they were forced to leave the dogs behind due to the bad weather. In January 1959, Kuramochi Takeshi and some others joined a third expedition to ascertain the fate of the dogs Taro and Jiro.
Cast
Kimura Takuya as Kuramochi Takeshi
Ayase Haruka as Takaoka Miyuki
Sakai Masato as Himura Haruhiko
Yamamoto Yusuke as Inuzuka Natsuo
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Yokomine Shinkichi
Okada Yoshinori as Funaki Ikuzo
Shiga Kotaro as Tani Kennosuke
Kawamura Yosuke as Arashiyama Hajime
Doronzu Ishimoto (ドロンズ石本) as Yamazato Manpei
Shibata Kyohei as Shirosaki Suguru
Kimura Tae as Furutachi Ayako
Ashida Mana as Furutachi Haruka
Inoue Mizuki (井上瑞稀) as Furutachi Ryo
Kato Takako as Samejima Junko
Sakura as Yokomine Naomi
Ono Ito (大野いと) as Inuzuka Mitsuko
Yamamoto Gaku as Furutachi Tomohiro
Watase Tsunehiko as Kuramochi's father
Terajima Susumu as Samejima Naohito
Ogata Naoto as Utsumi Noriaki
Kagawa Teruyuki as Hoshino Eitaro
Nakama Yukie as Kuramochi Yukari
Sato Ryuta as Ando Michio
TBS won’t hold back with the budget, as it is going to be their biggest project for their 60th anniversary. more at source
Official site
tokyograph's article
Nankyoku Tairiku @ DramaWiki
Nankyoku Tairiku @ AsianMediaWiki
RAWS
English Subtitles:
SmappieSubs = Hard subs
subie06 = Soft subs
Updates:
- August 12, 2011 - Ayase Haruka chosen as the heroine. Read More
- September 13, 2011 - Jdrama Weblog added details about each character:
Kimura Takuya as Kuramochi Takeshi (deputy head of the first research expedition and in charge of geological observation and the dogsled)
Ayase Haruka as Takaoka Miyuki (Kuramochi Takeshi’s sister-in-law)
Nakama Yukie as Kuramochi Yukari (Kuramochi Takeshi’s wife)
Sakai Masato as Himura Haruhiko (expedition member in charge of weather observation)
Yamamoto Yusuke as Inuzuka Natsuo (expedition member in charge of observing auroras and the dogsled)
Terajima Susumu as Samejima Naoto (expedition member in charge of machinery and snowmobiles)
Ogata Naoto as Utsumi Noriaki (expedition member in charge of press coverage and general affairs)
Shibata Kyohei as Shirasaki Yu (head of the first research expedition)
Kagawa Teruyuki as Hoshino Eitaro (head of the winter team)
Sato Ryuta as Ando Michio (member of the third expedition)
Ashida Mana as Furutachi Haruka (Furutachi Ayako’s daughter)
Kimura Tae as Furutachi Ayako (daughter of Kuramochi Takeshi’s university professor who imparted everything on the Sakhalin dogs to him)
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