Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for.
Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
Title | Ruri's Island |
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Year | 2005 |
Genre | Drama, Family |
Country | Japan |
Studio | Nippon TV |
Cast | Riko Narumi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baisho, Manami Konishi, Fumiyo Kohinata |
Crew | Yuki Takeda (Screenplay), Kenji Ikeda (Director), Tadashi Morishita (Screenplay), Yoshiko Morishita (Screenplay), Ryuichi Inomata (Director), Toshio Terada (Screenplay) |
Alternative Titles | Ruri no Shima |
Keyword | based on novel or book, friendship, school |
First Air Date | Apr 16, 2005 |
Last Air date | Jun 18, 2005 |
Season | 1 Season |
Episode | 10 Episode |
Runtime | 60:14 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb: | 9.00/ 10 by 1.00 users |
Popularity | 10.56 |
Language | Japanese |