Tokio
(Message Across Time \ Chichi he no Dengon)
The Complete Japanese Drama DVD Collection (1-20 End)
Japanese with English Subtitles
Format: DVD

The 18th NHK Yorudora is Tokio, based on a 2002 science-fiction novel by Higashino Keigo, the same author who wrote Byakuyako.

The painful tears and deep emotions of the bonds between father and son transcend time in this epic, heart-warming drama.

The year is 1979, and Miyamoto Takumi's life suddenly changes when he meets a mysterious young man named Tokio at a park in Asakusa. The young man says, "I've come from the future. I'm your son, Tokio." Thinking it's some kind of bad joke, Takumi doesn't believe him at all. However, Tokio can predict the future, make strange machines, and shows Takumi strange powers. Takumi, who at first doesn't pay any mind to Tokio, slowly begins to believe him.

Present day, 2004. Miyamoto Tokio is suffering from a serious illness and is in between life and death. As 50-year-old Takumi watches over Tokio in his sickbed, he suddenly remembers strange happenings that took place 25 years ago...

A father and son who cross the borders of space and time to meet 25 years in the past; 1979. They travel together to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, searching for Takumi's lover, Chizuru, who has disappeared. Takumi, who had been a bitter man, begins to grow as a human being through spending time with his son, who came from the world of the future. Throughout a strange two-week journey together, Tokio watches his father in his younger days, and leaves him with an encouraging message.



Cast
    * Kokubun Taichi as Miyamoto Takumi
    * Sakurai Sho as Miyamoto Tokio
    * Tomita Yasuko as Chizuru
    * Yasuda Kei (保田圭)
    * Takahashi Hitomi
    * Inoue Waka
    * Yamamura Momiji (山村紅葉)
    * Ibu Masato
    * Kataoka Tsurutaro
    * Fubuki Jun
    * Sato Jiro
    * Kikuchi Kinya
    * Tonesaku Toshihide
    * Masana Bokuzo
    * Mireiyu (みれいゆ)
    * Katsura Asami (桂亜沙美)
    * Kawasaki Mao (川崎真央)
    * Soganoya Bundou (曽我廼家文童)
    * Koichi Mantaro
    * Haruta Junichi
    * Iwasaki Kaneko (岩崎加根子)
    * Okouchi Nanako
    * Fuwa Mansaku
    * Ito Hiroto

PS2, XBOX Compatible. DVD-ROM Compatible.