Hakusen nagashi

白線流し · Those were the days / White line

  • Winter 1996
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Hakusen nagashi key art
© TBS
NetworkTBS
Broadcast11 Jan 1996 – 21 Mar 1996
Episodes10 Episodes + 2 Specials
Viewership—
Fan score 8.3 from 4 reviews

Synopsis

Sonoko, a rural high school student, notices stars drawn on her desk at school. It seems that sitting at that very same desk at night is Wataru, a poor teenage student, who with no parents is forced to work during the day and study at night. Then one day a chance encounter changes their lives in this nostalgic teenage love story.

(Nagase) is a high school student who dropped out but is now going back to night school. He works at a metal shop type of place. His father died and his mother abandoned him, so he is living alone, going to work and going to night school. Sonoko (Sakai) is a high school senior at North Matsumoto High School in Nagano Prefecture. They meet, actually crash into each other , on a street. She leaves a book about the stars behind. Wataru manages to return the book to Sonoko. Later Sonoko finds out that Wataru uses her desk at night school. Sonoko and Wataru have feelings for each other.

Sonoko's friends Madoka (Kyono) and Fuyumi (Mabuchi) are very good supporting characters. Yusuke (Kashiwabara) plays Sonoko's classmate and has a major crush on her. Yui Ryoko is Wataru's co worker at the metal shop and does not like Sonoko at all, she wants Wataru for herself. Sonoko, a rural high school student, notices stars drawn on her desk at school. It seems that sitting at that very same desk at night is Wataru, a poor teenage student, who with no parents is forced to work during the day and study at night. Then one day a chance encounter changes their lives in this nostalgic teenage love story.

Synopsis: Fuji Creative

Cast & characters 12 credited

Theme song

Hakusen nagashi soundtrack cover
  • “Sora mo Toberu Hazu” — Spitz

Videos 1 on YouTube

Fan reviews 5 reviews

8.3/ 10
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I do hope...

10 / 10

areshi · 2011

I do hope that hakusen nagashi will be aired in the Philippines. :)
I think that jdorama is so nice coz as I read in the synopsis, that is the story for 7 teens (students) And me as a ordinary college student, the way i read that synopsis, I remember those days when I was in high school :)

... Great!...

10 / 10

Dot · 2004

forgot to give rating...

... Great!...

Dot · 2004

Wonder why the reviews given are not very favourable... to me, I love this drama! Basically it's about the group of 7 teens... also, the specials, are woth watching, and here's a short summary for those interested:

19 no haru: about sonoko entering university, and going to hokkaido to meet wataru...

20 no kaze: about the girl that sonoko's teaching, and the problems faced by the rest who started working...

tabitachi no uta(23yrs): sonoko started working, wataru quit his job at Hokkaido... ends up working as host in a club. Then all bad things happen to sonoko... her father died and wataru left for Vietnam (in a youth project)

25 sai: sad story... wataru came bad to Japan, but is marrying the girl he works with during the youth project... and in the whole drama, they almost never met each other!

Hoping for another special this year, or the next, or the next....

All 5 reviews