Ao no jidai

青の時代 · Blue days / La periode bleue / Time of youth / The misfits

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Ao no jidai key art
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NetworkTBS
Broadcast3 Jul 1998 – 11 Sep 1998
Episodes11 Episodes
Viewership—
Fan score 8.0 from 5 reviews

Synopsis

Abandoned by his mother and having had to fend for himself, Ryuu is one of many Japanese youths that have turned to a life of petty crime in order to survive in Japanese society. Life on the streets has given him a tough exterior, but it is his kind heart and his dislike for what he has become that wins over a local beauty and helps him take his first steps towards a better life. When an overzealous and less than ethical police inspector fingers Ryuu for a crime he didn't commit, he is resigned to accept his fate. However, help emerges from an unexpected source to give him the strength to fight for his freedom: a victim of one of his past crimes.

Synopsis: TBS

Cast & characters 10 credited

Theme song

Ao no jidai soundtrack cover
  • “Ao no Jidai” 青の時代 — Kinki Kids

Fan reviews 5 reviews

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keichi haruna

8 / 10

syahirah · 2004

i like the character that call keichi haruna...maybe many of people like ryu but for me i like him because of his special's personality....this drama have many character and have a moral value too....this drama ask people not to boycott/hurt people because it'll give pressure to him/her then will cause the bad thing....

ao no jidai~hikari wo mirareru*Spoiler*

9 / 10

toHeart_music · 2004

The two songs of this dorama are...beautiful, dicpicts the emotions, the strong feelings as messages so when...esp. 'Porushka Pore' .everytime i hear it..it reminds of how Ryu was not accepted. Okina's character Akane is at least a female role who fights for herself and Ryu, not the usual damsel in distress..admirable when she tries to protect Ryuwhat the drama seems to be tragic, touched with a sorrowful and gloomy tone..yet has a beautiful,positive ending. I love the characters and how they have deveoloped and changed in the end....Friendship, love , tragedy, trust, mistrust? hatred?and HOPE... this drama sets me to think. Of course, am I getting to long winded. I love this dorama. Tsuyoshi actually convincingly as Ryu, Megumi, ( in a role that i feel is very different from he rest), as Akane is one of the female characters that I admire. There is something abt her.Ryoko as her sister is GREAT, her internal conflicts, desperations to get away from her past..she brings out the unexpected of the dorama..having said to much, Ryu's friends are Great too..true friends we can see from here, One last word : Awesome!!

sad~

8 / 10

cola_cherry · 2003

the story and the life tsuyoshi plays is incredibly touching and convincing. u see lives of people u never seen before and that was really surprising. i liked it altho the part where the lawyer had the split personalities didn't strike to me as plausible enuff. all in all a typical tsuyoshi dorama, alwayz good ^^

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