Cat Street (drama)

Cat Street
Series information
Directors	Akimitsu Sasaki Takashi Fujio
Writers	Taeko Asano Eriko Shinozaki
Based on	Cat Street by Yoko Kamio
Starring	Mitsuki Tanimura Ryo Katsuji Tomoka Kurokawa Ryo Kimura
Channel	NHK
Theme song	"Planetarium" by Ikimono-gakari
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Aired from	August 28 – October 2, 2008

Cat Street (キャットストリート () , Kyatto Sutorīto) is a Japanese drama based on the manga of the same name by Yoko Kamio. The drama stars Mitsuki Tanimura as Keito Aoyama and Ryo Katsuji as Koichi Mine, along with Tomoka Kurokawa and Ryo Kimura. It was written by Taeko Asano and Eriko Shinozaki.

The series aired on NHK as a part of their "Drama 8" block. It premiered on August 28, 2008 and concluded on October 2 after six episodes.

Cast and characters

Starring Mitsuki Tanimura as Keito Aoyama Ryo Katsuji as Koichi Mine Tomoka Kurokawa as Momiji Noda Ryo Kimura as Gota Suzuki Costarring Hideo Ishiguro as Taiyo Harasawa Ai Takabe as Nako Sonoda Moe Arai as Chika Aoyama Kei Tanaka as Masanobu Ozawa Katsuhisa Namase as Kentaro Moriguchi George Takahashi as Ryuichi Aoyama Chikako Kaku as Yumiko Aoyama

Guest starring Karen Miyama as young Keito Arashi Fukasawa as young Taiyo Riko Suzuki as young Nako

Staff

• Original work: Cat Street by Yoko Kamio
• Screenplay: Taeko Asano, Eriko Shinozaki
• Directors: Akimitsu Sasaki, Takashi Fujio
• Executive producers: Masayo Komatsu, Rishi Endo
• Producer: Jun Kurosawa
• Music: Yuichi Watanabe
• Cooperation: Fortune Co., K Company, Fuji Art, Tokyo Media City
• Production cooperation: NHK Enterprise
• Production / Writing: NHK, Telepack

Episodes

Main article: Cat Street (drama)/Episodes

No.	Title	Air date
1	"Miraculous Meeting" "Kiseki Tekina Kaigi" (奇跡的な会議 () , )	August 28, 2008
2	"This Is...Love?" "Kore ha... Sukidesu ka?" (これは...好きですか？ () , )	September 4, 2008
3	"7 Years of Anger" "Ikari no 7-nen" (怒りの7年 () , )	September 11, 2008
4	"Fated Reunion" "Fuun Reyunion" (不運レユニオン () , )	September 18, 2008
5	"What Can I Do?" "Dōsureba īdesu ka?" (どうすればいいですか？ () , )	September 25, 2008
6	"Tearful Graduation" "Namida no Sotsugyōshiki" (涙の卒業式 () , )	October 2, 2008

Production

Cast at the press conference

In March 2008, the television adaptation of Cat Street was announced by Bessatsu Margaret. Mitsuki Tanimura was cast in the lead role at the request of the author, Yoko Kamio. Shooting began in June. A press conference was held on July 8. It was attended by stars Tanimura, Ryo Katsuji, Tomoka Kurokawa, Ryo Kimura, and Katsuhisa Namase. Kimura revealed that he was playing an original character.

Broadcast

Cat Street was broadcast on NHK G on Thursdays at 8:00 PM. It also aired on NHK BS. The series originally aired from August 28 to October 2, 2008 for six episodes.

Home media

Cover	Release date	Contents
Japan (DVD)
	January 21, 2009	Set details 3-disc set 16:9 aspect ratio Language: Japanese Subtitles: None Running time: 270 minutes Dolby Digital

Music

Cover of the soundtrack

Main article: Cat Street Original Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Cat Street was released on September 3, 2008. It contains the score for the series, which was composed entirely by Yuichi Watanabe.

Ikimono-gakari's eleventh single, "Planetarium," served as the theme song for Cat Street. The song "Shigatsu Ichinichi" by Kagrra, was used as an insert song in the fourth episode.

Reception

Ratings

Video Research Ltd.		Source
Episode	Kanto
1	7.0%
2	4.9%
3	6.0%
4	6.1%
5	6.0%
6	5.5%
Average rating: 5.9%

Notes

• Yoko Kamio wrote a special chapter of Cat Street to commemorate the announcement of the drama.

See also

Cat Street (drama)
Episodes 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Music Cat Street Original Soundtrack "Planetarium" | "Shigatsu Ichinichi"

External links

• Cat Street official website (archive)
• Cat Street on Japanese Wikipedia
• Cat Street at the Internet Movie Database