南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～ - Nankyoku Tairiku

[eskarina77]

I started to watch this drama 2 days ago... and it's just a WONDERFUL DRAMA.
Cast, story, making of this drama are just excellent.
Plus, I cherish this story since it reminds me 1st time I went to Japan: When I went to visit Tokyo Tower, I stopped in front of a statue representing a pack of dogs.

A man (that kind of guy who's there to give tourists a tour) approached me and offered to tell me the story of those dogs, if I had time to spare to listen to him. I listened carefully to this wonderful and so moving story: in the late 50's, an expedition to Antartica had to abandon their sled dogs due to bad weather, they had to force their way back to Japan. More than 1 year later, when the next expedition managed to reach Anartica coasts again, with no hope for the dogs, they discovered 2 of them had survived! (ok, that's the very short version of what that man told me)
The statue comemores those dogs.
Here is theme song of the drama:

credit: the person who posted it on dailymotion

Comments

[elu-takkitsuba.livejournal.com]

Je n'ai vu que le premier episode pour l'instant et j'ai beaucoup aimé !!!
Kimu is perfect comme d'habitude ! Et puis je sens que je vais rapidement m'attacher à ces chiens <3

(et puis Yamamoto is love ! *O*)

[felly80.livejournal.com]

I'm watching this drama too! I think it's going make me cry a lot. I didn't know the story of the dog statues at Tokyo Tower. Thanks for sharing it. :)

[wasabisushi404.livejournal.com]

I've yet watched that drama yet. its going on my list :Db

at the moment I'm watching the japanese movie, Rainbow Song.
I didn't know until after watching the movie that it was the same director of Okada's movie: Otonari.
^^

~but that song is a very meaningful song. I read the translations from arama :Db

[eeyore-kun.livejournal.com]

I just watched episode 1 yesterday. some scenes a bit cliche for me, but I really like the spirit of the drama. Kimutaku suits this role better than just another love story drama. Too bad Sakai's character is a bit antagonist :( I was rooted for him >.<