- Drama: Into the White Night
- Romaji: Byakuyako
- Japanese: 白夜行
- Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Yasuharu Ishii
- Writer: Keigo Higashino, Yoshiko Morishita
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: January 12 – March 23, 2006
- Runtime: 21:00 – 21:54
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
- Theme Song: Kou Shibasaki – Kage
Plot
One boy kills his father to save his first love. One girl takes the life of her mother to protect the boy. The two commit a crime to hide another, and move on with life, turning their backs against the sun. They are forbidden to hold hands. Sharing each other’s crime is their token of love – believing that someday, the sun will shine upon them from behind the clouds.
Notes
- Based on popular mystery writer Keigo Higashino‘s story “Byakuyako,” published first in Shueisha magazine from 1977 to 1979. “Byakuyako” was then compiled into a best selling novel.
- Related titles:
- Into the White Night | Byakuyako (TBS / 2006)
- White Night | Baekyahaeng (2009)
- Into the White Night | Byakuyako (2011)
Cast
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Takayuki Yamada | Haruka Ayase | Tetsuya Takeda | Atsuro Watabe | Takashi Kashiwabara | Koutaro Tanaka |
Ryouji Kirihara | Yukiho Karasawa | Junjo Sasagaki | Isamu Matsuura | Kazunari Shinozuka | Hisashi Koga |
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Keisuke Koide | Kei Tanaka | Kaoru Yachigusa | Naomi Nishida | Kaoru Okunuki | Chihiro Otsuka |
Tomohiko Sonomura | Michihiro Kikuchi | Reiko Karasawa | Noriko Kurihara | Namie Nishguchi | Eriko Kawashima |
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Shun Shioya | Mitsuru Hirata | Yumi Asou | Kimiko Yo | Yuki Izumisawa | Mayuko Fukuda |
Makoto Takamiya | Yosuke Kirihara | Mikiko Kirihara | Mifumi Taniguchi | Ryoji Kirihara (child) | Yukiko Karasawa (child) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Seina Kasugai – Ryoko Kotake
- Hitomi Sato – Chizuru Misawa
- Michiko Kawai – Fumiyo Nishimoto
- Erika Okuda
- Ryohei Abe
- Natsumi Nishida – ep.2
- Yoshie Otsuka – ep.2,3
- Osamu Mukai – ep. 3
- Toshihiro Yashiba – ep.8
- Ayako Omura – ep.11
- Ryunosuke Hashino