TV series
Ruri's Island
2005, Japanese, on Nippon TV.
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Ended in 2005
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S1 E10: Which also gave the island one day..
Aired 18 June 2005
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Riko NarumiRuri Fujisawa · 10 ep
- Yutaka TakenouchiTatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara · 10 ep
- Ken OgataYuzo Nakama · 10 ep
- Mitsuko BaishoNakama Megumi · 10 ep
- Manami KonishiSanae Shimabukuro · 10 ep
- Fumiyo KohinataYonemori Shomei · 10 ep
- Sei HiraizumiAragaki Jiei · 10 ep
- Yoshie IchigeAragaki Yoshie · 10 ep
- Sansei ShiomiMiyazono Sohei · 10 ep
- Ittoku KishibeKishibe Ittoku · 10 ep
- SakuraKawashima Mihoko · 10 ep
- Taeko YoshidaGranny Kamado · 10 ep
Details
- First aired
- 16 April 2005
- Last aired
- 18 June 2005
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Original title
- 瑠璃の島
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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What Ruri's Island is based on
Ruri's Island is adapted from a novel.
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