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Ikebukuro West Gate Park was a popular Japanese television drama by screenwriter Kankuro Kudo. Based on a novel by Ira Ishida, it initially aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System during the summer of 2000, and was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The success of the television series would launch a manga adaptation the following year. In a break from traditional Japanese programming, the series used edgy graphics and scene breaks to highlight a story involving themes drawn from the underbelly of modern Japanese society: hip-hop youth gang warfare, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, drug abuse, the Yakuza, rape and murder.
Original Release
04/14/2000 on TBS
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tomoya Nagase | Majima Makoto |
Ai Kato | Hikaru |
Yosuke Kubozuka | Takashi |
Ryûta Satô | Masa |
Tomohisa Yamashita | Shun Mizuno |
Aiko Morishita | Majima Ritsuko |
Ken Watanabe | Yokoyama |
Koyuki | Matsui Kana |
Satoshi Tsumabuki | Saitou Fujio |
Sadao Abe | Policeman |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | We Are Not Garbage | Friday, 14 April 2000 |
2 | I Will Take The Enemy! | Friday, 21 April 2000 |
3 | Ballad Dedicated To A Princess | Friday, 28 April 2000 |
4 | Lover From A Distant Country | Friday, 05 May 2000 |
5 | The Most Masculine Girl In The World | Friday, 12 May 2000 |
6 | My Only Friend | Friday, 19 May 2000 |
7 | Don't Put Your Hand On My Baba! | Friday, 26 May 2000 |
8 | I Fell In Love With A Girl From Odaiba | Friday, 02 June 2000 |
9 | Farewell, Dear Friends | Friday, 09 June 2000 |
10 | My City Has Become A Battlefield | Friday, 16 June 2000 |
11 | The Longest Day In 'Bukuro, June the 23rd | Friday, 23 June 2000 |
Directors
Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Fuminori Kaneko
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tomoya Nagase | Majima Makoto |
Ai Kato | Hikaru |
Yosuke Kubozuka | Takashi |
Ryûta Satô | Masa |
Tomohisa Yamashita | Shun Mizuno |
Aiko Morishita | Majima Ritsuko |
Ken Watanabe | Yokoyama |
Koyuki | Matsui Kana |
Satoshi Tsumabuki | Saitou Fujio |
Sadao Abe | Policeman |
Tetsu Watanabe | Tetsu |
Kitarô | Yoshioka |
Shoko Ikezu | Jessie |
Tomohiro Waki | Member of g-boys |
Kazuhiro Nishijima | Kyoichi Ozaki |
Shin Yazawa | Chiaki |
Kenji Sakaguchi | Doberman / Yamai |
Rie Minemura | Cathy |
Yûko Andô | Kaoru |
Kazuki Maehara | Sakurai |