Ruri's Island
7.2
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Apr 16, 2005
Bad girl who saved the island of Okinawa Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Apr 23, 2005
Love's first taste of tears Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Apr 30, 2005
Courage given Episode 3
S1 · E4 · May 7, 2005
Hot tears of friendship and teacher Episode 4
S1 · E5 · May 14, 2005
again Episode 5
S1 · E6 · May 21, 2005
We meet her father's love of tears Episode 6
S1 · E7 · May 28, 2005
Typhoon eternal farewell night Episode 7
S1 · E8 · Jun 4, 2005
Cry of the desired bond between parent and child Episode 8
S1 · E9 · Jun 11, 2005
Sad truth of faith Episode 9
S1 · E10 · Jun 18, 2005
Which also gave the island one day.. Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
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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.
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Cast
21 people
Riko Narumi
Ruri Fujisawa
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Yutaka Takenouchi
Tatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara
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Ken Ogata
Yuzo Nakama
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Mitsuko Baisho
Nakama Megumi
Known for
Dreams
Hanzawa Naoki
Manami Konishi
Sanae Shimabukuro
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Fumiyo Kohinata
Yonemori Shomei
Known for
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Sei Hiraizumi
Aragaki Jiei
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Yoshie Ichige
Aragaki Yoshie
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Sansei Shiomi
Miyazono Sohei
Known for
Outrage Coda
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Ittoku Kishibe
Kishibe Ittoku
Known for
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Survive Style 5+
Sakura
Kawashima Mihoko
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Taeko Yoshida
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Ryuichi Inomata Director · Kenji Ikeda Director Katsu Moriguchi Author
Total runtime 10h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
April 16, 2005
Final episode
June 18, 2005
Status
Ended
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
10h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
瑠璃の島
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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