Boku no Ikiru Michi (The Way I Live); Have a good die

Kusanagi plays the character of a man who has a year to live and dying from cancer. He has live a plain life but with a year to live, this teacher wants to make sure that he lives his last year, the best he can.

[FUJI TV Synopsis]: Hideo Nakamura is a Biology teacher at Yorin Prep School. He's single. At first look he appears to be very serious and particular about details, but the fact of the matter is, all he has really tried to do is avoid fights with his students and other teachers. Midori Akimoto is a Japanese teacher at Yorin Prep School. She is also the daughter of head of the school. While Midori appears to be both a good daughter and very naive, she actually has a lot of inner strength, and can be stubborn. Up to this time, Midori only looked at Hideo as a co-worker. But after she sees the changes in Hideo, she changes her own outlook on life. Masaru Kubo is a Math teacher at Yorin Prep School. He is single. He's intelligent and very ambitious. In fact, he is seen to be the teacher with the most promising future at the school. The students trust him, and the head of the school considers him as Midori's future husband. His love for Midori is pure. Shinsuke Furuta is the principal at Yorin Prep School. He is your typical middle-aged manager that is always kissing up to the head of the school. He is often made fun of by his students. He has a wife and three children. Chikara Okuda is the youngest teacher at the school. He teaches Social Studies. He is single. Chikara is looked at as everyone's "little brother" at the school. He is always given odd work to do by the principal. He personally respects Masaru the most. Sadao Akai is the Physical Education teacher at the school. He has a hearty personality, and always talks in a loud voice. He sticks out in the teacher's lounge as the "loudest" person in the room. Rumor has it that Sadao is living with his girlfriend. Reiko Ota is the English teacher at Yorin Prep School. For one reason or the other, most eyes in the teacher's lounge are on her. Reiko has "been around the block a few times," but is still single. She seems to be an unrefined person, but she is actually really sensitive on the inside. Benzo Kaneda is Hideo's doctor. He is well liked by his patients. After breaking the news to Hideo that he only has a year to live, he tries to be as warm to Hideo as he can. Takayuki Akimoto is the head of Yorin Prep School. He is also Midori's father. He has high hopes for his school, and has a lot of friends in both the political and business world. But when it comes to Midori, he's just your typical father. The main character of this story, Hideo Nakamura, is a Biology teacher at Yorin private prep school. For the past 28 years, he has never really asked for much out of life. Suddenly one day, Hideo is hit with some hard news to swallow. The results of a physical exam that he took a while ago came back, and he has stomach cancer. It seems he's only got a year left to live. This news makes Hideo change his life from the ordinary one that he has lived for 28 years. This story is the human drama about Hideo, and the decision to "really live his life to the fullest" after he is given the painful news that he doesn't have much time left.

STARRING: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Yada Akiko, Tanihara Shosuke, Asano Kazuyuki, Toba Jun, Kikuchi Kinya, Morishita Aiko, Kohinata Fumiyo, Ohsugi Ren
THEME SONG: "Sekai ni Hitotsudake no Hana" - SMAP
NETWORK: FUJI TV
DURATION: January through March 2003
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