Wonderful
10 / 10Eve · 2012
Well acted, written and directed.
Fully developed, compassionate and realistic.
LOVED IT!
Tentai Kanzoku
天体観測 · Searchin' for My Polestar
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer 2002
- Autumn
| Network | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| Broadcast | 2 Jul 2002 – 17 Sep 2002 |
| Episodes | 12 Episodes |
| Viewership | Average 12.7% |
| Fan score | 8.6 from 22 reviews |
Synopsis
The main characters of "Searchin' for My Polestar" are 7 friends that met at college while in the astronomic observation club "Sagittarius." Being in the club was just an excuse for them to go to the beach in summer, and skiing in winter. Actually, the only time they ever observed any stars was at summer camp during their senior year.
Dreaming of a bright future, the seven exchange vows for eternal friendship. However, over the next several years, their busy schedules cause them to begin drifting apart.
It's been 3 years since that summer when they laughed together gazing at the stars. Will their friendship continue to drift farther and farther apart? Or will they manage to strengthen their friendship again?
Synopsis: Fuji TV
Cast & characters
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Lead role Ito Hideaki
伊藤英明 as Sayama Kyoichi
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Sakaguchi Kenji
坂口憲二 as Kawamura Tomoya
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Odagiri Joe
オダギリジョー as Kisaki Takeshi
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Koyuki
小雪 as Sawamura Mifuyu
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Tabata Tomoko
田畑智子 as Miyabe Satomi
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Konishi Manami
小西真奈美 as Ida Yuri
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Uehara Misa
上原美佐 as Matsumoto Arisu
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Yamazaki Shigenori
山崎樹範 as Yamazaki Kenta
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Hasegawa Kyoko
長谷川京子 as Arisaka Nanae
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Matsushige Yutaka
松重豊 as Matsubara
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Otani Naoko
大谷直子 as Mama Terumi
Theme song
- “Will” — Nakashima Mika
Fan reviews
8.6/ 10
| 10 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 1–6 | 1 |
A tale of friendship
10 / 10MonsterZero65 · 2010
This is an outstanding drama with a wonderfully talented cast. I really felt it captured the essence of true friendship. A group of friends who remained friends through good and bad times.
Great cast makes up for some shortcomings
7 / 10Jackykero · 2009
Nice dorama about friendship and about complex love relationships.
I thought that the plot was interesting and the cast really did a great job, all of them, but unfortunately that there was not enough. Not enough excitement (the pace is moderately slow), not enough characters (it explores so many characters but then none really deeply), not enough surprises or twists (and some fake ones).
All in all, I think it had all that it takes to make a grand dorama but was a little short of everything.
Still a very nice watch with great actors and a good time spent in front of the TV.