- Drama: Antarctica (International English title)
- Romaji: Nankyoku Tairiku ~Kami no Ryouiki ni Idonda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari~
- Japanese: 南極大陸〜神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語〜
- Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
- Writer: Kitamura Taiichi (novel), Yoshihiro Izumi
- Producer: Akihiko Ishimaru, Hidenori Iyoda, Yasuhiro Yamada
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: October 16 – December 18, 2011
- Runtime: Sundays 21:00
- TV Ratings: 18.0%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Set in the 1950’s, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
Notes
- Drama series “Nankyoku Tairiku” is to commemorate TBS’s 60th anniversary.
- Story centers around Japan’s first Antarctic research exploration team based at the Showa Station.
Cast
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Takuya Kimura | Haruka Ayase | Masato Sakai | Yusuke Yamamoto | Hisashi Yoshizawa |
Takeshi Kuramochi | Miyuki Takaoka | Haruhiko Himuro | Natsuo Inuzuka | Shinkichi Yokomine |
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Yoshinori Okada | Kotaro Shiga | Yosuke Kawamura | Ishimoto Doronzu | Susumu Terajima |
Ikuzo Funaki | Kennosuke Tani | Hajime Arashiyama | Manpei Yamasato | Naoto Samejima |
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Naoto Ogata | Kyohei Shibata | Teruyuki Kagawa | Mana Ashida | Mizuki Inoue |
Noriaki Utsumi | Yu Shirasaki | Eitaro Hoshino | Haruka Furutachi | Akira Furutachi |
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Tae Kimura | Takako Kato | Sakura | Ito Ono | Gaku Yamamoto |
Ayako Furutachi | Sumiko Samejima | Naomi Yokomine | Mitsuko Inuzuka | Tomohiro Furutachi |
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Tsunehiko Watase |
Takeshi Kuramochi’s dad |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yukie Nakama – Yukari Kuramochi
- Ryuta Sato – Michio Ando
- Kosuke Yabe – Haruo
- Susumu Kurobe – Himuro’s father
- Koichi Miura – Administrative Vice-Minister Okura
- Go Kato – Shigeru Makino (ep.1)
- Takeo Nakahara – Shinpei Hatano (ep.1)
- Yasuto Kosuda – Secretary of Treasury (ep.1)
- Takashi Kobayashi – Yorimichi Mifune (ep.2-3)
- Tomiyuki Kunihiro – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (ep.2,4)
- Yuzuru Uchida – observation member (ep.10)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 10/16/2011 | 22.2% |
02 | 10/23/2011 | 19.0% |
03 | 10/30/2011 | 16.9% |
04 | 11/06/2011 | 15.8% |
05 | 11/13/2011 | 13.2% |
06 | 11/20/2011 | 19.1% |
07 | 11/27/2011 | 13.4% |
08 | 12/04/2011 | 15.0% |
09 | 12/11/2011 | 16.7% |
10 | 12/18/2011 | 22.0% |
Average | 18.0% |