Asunaro hakusho [あすなろ白書]

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Title:	Asunaro hakusho あすなろ白書 Asunaro white paper / Asunaro ~the ordinary people~
Telecast:	1993-10-11 to 1993-12-20

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TV Station:	Fuji TV
Duration:	10 Episodes 1 Special
Viewership:	31.9%

Synopsis
Five youngsters enter the same university and become very good friends. As they're very close, they're afraid of 'hurting' one another, and this results in even more tragedies.
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Soundtrack and Theme Songs (3)

1.	True Love [Fujii Fumiya 藤井フミヤ]	[ LYRICS \| MIDI ]
2.	Hitosaji no Yuuki [Touge Keiko]
3.	Just Like Wind [Fujii Fumiya 藤井フミヤ]	[ MIDI ]

Actor/Actress Cast (9)

Kimura Takuya 木村拓哉	Ishida Hikari 石田ひかり	Tsutsui Michitaka 筒井道隆 Kakei Tamotsu
Suzuki Anju 鈴木杏樹	Nishijima Hidetoshi 西島秀俊	Kaga Mariko 加賀まりこ
Kurosawa Asuka 黒沢あすか	Sugiyama Ayako 杉山彩子	Nishioka Tokuma 西岡徳馬

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Drama Reviews (13)

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1.	It changes my live !! [Rating: 10/10] I really love this drama, It was a Japanese Drame film that made me love about Japan, ALL ABOUT JAPAN !!(culture, women/girls, Language), I want to see "the cute Narumi"..
Reviewed by Sandi* on 25 April 2001*
2.	Great Plot [Rating: 9/10] What an Ordinary Life! This drama is very good in captivating the audience for each episode and I love this drama, but Kake is so not appreciated Narumi's feelings, hat that part! But overall, totally worth watching drama!!!
Reviewed by for3vergirl* on 17 October 2001*
3.	Interesting relationships... [Rating: 8/10] A story that revolves around five teenagers against the innocent and beautiful campus background, Asunaro Hakusho captures the confusing complexity of youngsters' feelings and thoughts. There is a conglomeration of love, sacrifice, tears, joy and pain heightened by the soothing but melancholic piano tunes of the background. Kimura's generous personality is to die for. However, cutesy Ishida has a I'm-so-sunny-but-stubborn demeanour that is particularly irritating, and when this manifests in the female lead who appears in almost every scene, you know it spells trouble. And the next problem is that once the story starts to chronicle their lives after they have left school and entered the working world, the drama starts to take an even slower pace and almost completely loses its watchability. The show manages to examine the importance of life and death and friendship and love, but Tsutsui and Ishida's on off I-love-you-I-love-you-not business can kill even the most patient romantic viewer. Watch it for its fantastic soundtrack, But then again, you could simply buy the soundtrack off the shelves without having to sit through this show.
Reviewed by chentnk* on 20 June 2002*
4.	so-so [Rating: 7/10] Few guys going after 1 girl, but that girl only likes 1 guy
Reviewed by juliana_phang* on 21 June 2003*
5.	Not that good. [Rating: 6/10] a so-so dorama... watched it mainly becos' of TK... he looked so nerdy in the show... beginning of the show was alright... but got a little draggy as it progresses.
Reviewed by kook05* on 22 December 2003*
6.	sad [Rating: ?/10] the story is really sad :( as always, watched it mainly because of kimura. Much to my disappointment he only had a supporting role, and looked really nerdy until the last quarter of the series (when they were all "grown up," lol) I skimmed through the last episode of this one, it really dragged.
Reviewed by effronterie* on 21 February 2004*
7.	What can i say? [Rating: 5/10] The worst drama i've seen so far... Kimura Takuya is such a nerd with those huge glasses!
Reviewed by ahweigor* on 24 July 2005*
8.	Interesting, but Frustrating [Rating: 7/10] It wis a well-acted drama with some interesting events. The main actress is kind of frustrating in the choices she seems to make because the guy she "loves" so much seems to be the least interesting character. How she would not love the Kimura character is quite inexplicable. Also, the gay character seems to be easily disbatched dying as a father which then makes him more acceptable which doesn't seem to feel genuine to the character. I enjoyed seing Kimura at a young age and see the beginning of his popularity.
Reviewed by nickpoliseno* on 20 October 2005*
9.	I kinda liked this drama [Rating: 8/10] The plot was pretty simple, and it dragged on a bit but I still liked this drama. It has this early 90's kinda thing that I miss these days. Also, Takuya was totally cute. I mean, who wouldn't want a guy like Toride? Come on~~~ I liked Toride way more than Kakei.
Reviewed by ilovetakuya* on 29 January 2006*
10.	The Borderline Relationship Between Friendship and [Rating: 8/10] A drama about a group of friends and the up and down relationships between each of them. I felt that each actor/actress did a great job portraying their character -- there's a lot of good acting in this show, particularly from Ishida Hikari, Suzuki Anju and Kimura Takuya. Biased as somewhat of a Kimutaku fan, I admit I watched this because he was in it -- that and I recognized Tsutsui Michitaka from Ohsama no Resutoran. I was thrown off because Kimura-san wasn't the main squeeze, but from that I grew even more impressed that he could play "the friend" character so well -- I felt like I could relate to him. I also like how the show portrayed a gay man's social struggles and repression of desires for the love of a straight man (in the "friend zone"), further lending to the story's theme -- that of "love for another who doesn't love you back." It's a refreshing use of characterization that serves to strengthen the other characters at the "expense" of one, which really only serves to strengthen him even more. Everything about the execution of the show I liked... it was very enjoyable to have my emotions tossed around; after all, that's what I watch them for. The only complaints I have are about the situations -- complaints that stem from my own experiences. For example, despite how well this show portrays the relationship of each person, I can't for the life of me understand why Narumi would go after a guy like Tamostu when there is a much better guy that cares much more for her and treats her better in almost any way. I didn't quite understand what her attraction to Tamotsu was. But as that is a misunderstanding that I may never come to terms with, it has no bearing on the production of the show. With that in mind, I give it a 8 out of 10. Despite the few storyline faulterings, it has interesting characters, decent acting, excellent music and is well-paced. I recommend this for anybody who is interested in the intracacies of the borderline relationship between friendship and love.
Reviewed by chesed* on 24 July 2006*
11.	Best Drama of Takuya! [Rating: 9/10] Watch it second time and now I realize something about this drama. Such a great storyline. Whoever can make a drama full with love between friends and full of conflicts? I love this drama and I think this is the best friendship drama afterall. Takuya promise a lot of chance to be a star today.
Reviewed by Fye_D.Flowright* on 4 March 2007*
12.	Classic [Rating: 9/10] Story revolves around a group of friends who love one another basically. Classic dorama. This has what most of the dramas these days lack; I won't name anything exactly, so watch it for yourself and decide! A lot of the 90s dramas are better in general. KimuTaku doesn't act all that different in the early days of his acting career. I gave it a 9 because of how the death of Nishijima Hidetoshi's character was handled.
Reviewed by bba1* on 3 October 2007*
13.	the cast is a little inversed ? [Rating: 7/10] Good . The fact that she has chosen this baka-Tamotsu is infortunaly quite realistic because good guy are sometimes left aside (not enough romanesque and exiting i think) Even if I liked far more Toride . In fact I find the cast is little inversed . At the beginning of the showTamotsu is described as a cool and a little playboy like guy right ? Don't you think that Kimura fitted more this role ? The actor who acted Tamotsu isn't cool at all i don't understand why everyone (apart toride) was attracted at him at some point . Narumi was a little too stupid too but there is women like this so this isn't really a flaw .I was really sad when Matsuoka died i liked him a lot but it was done beautifully . I liked less the last episodes too nostalgic and sad .
Reviewed by Grenat* on 6 June 2008*

Comments From Users (71)

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1.	Comments by tetsukei [Rating: 3/10] Dark and hideous, but has a youthful cast involved in all kinds of unusual relationships. In the end, you find that almost everybody is in love with just 1 person. Exasperating. Humour 0/10 Actors 5/10 Music 7/10 Story 4/10
2.	Comments by yanie_chan [Rating: 8/10] One of the most memorable drama, in my opinion!!^^ A very good love story, indeed...only, I'm not really fond of the main couple, one of 'em died.....and the atmosphere is too 'dark'...so, in my eyes, it's not the best dorama =P
3.	Comments by Namielove [Rating: 6/10] As I am a Takuya fan I rented this to see him in his early starring roles. Very weird, he was cute of course, but because he wasn't the main character, he didn't have his usual cool persona. Still it was a good drama, some sad parts, but again things get me so mad, I won't ellaborate too much, but it's that double standard on cheating, somehow women are supposed to accept it. C'mon!!
4.	Comments by thee [Rating: 7/10] The story is quite good and touching. The soundtrack also nice to hear.
5.	Comments by biga816 [Rating: 10/10] Great to watch. Very nice.
6.	Comments by 100aw [Rating: 4/10] Boring! Typical university love story. Only worth watching point is that Kimu Taku is in it.
7.	Comments by 4julls [Rating: 9/10] AWESOME DORAMA!!!! everlasting dorama ... must watch it ... sometime see the lead man role wanna kick his **** but ... sometime man can be like that right ??? anyway ... great .. can learn bout love and life :D
8.	Comments by katrinka [Rating: 3/10] Kimura's good acting does not save this klunker. If he was the lead, perhaps, but because he's very low in the cast, a lot of bad acting from the rest of the cast and draging script shows. It would have gotten a 0 except for Kimura's acting.
9.	Comments by yuka [Rating: 3/10] A dorky Takuya Kimura!! Coming-of-age love story of five close-knitted school friends (2 girls and 3 boys). All were in love with the same boy except nerdy Kimura (for once he is not the adored one) with a heart of gold, anguished with unrequitted love for one of the girls. My heart goes out to him.
10.	Comments by ct_subang [Rating: 5/10] the story is kinda slow...boring at some point...very predictable...not an interesting plot though...
11.	Comments by maguro666 [Rating: 2/10] too slow...not much takuya to watch.
12.	Comments by Akakage [Rating: 8/10] This drama has it all...It is also the first time I saw Kimura-san acting in a drama..SUGOIII!
13.	Comments by juliana_phang [Rating: 7/10] not too bad.. giving us a picture of teen's love life some parts r pretty boring.. i didnt watch the whole drama completely..i skipped 2 - 3 cds as there r so much talking n stuff
14.	Comments by Johnny's_drama [Rating: 8/10] love stories are allways complex,so I love this drama,I'm a japanese lover too
15.	*Comments by yen [Rating: 10/10]** An evergreen dorama about friendship that you won't get sick of watching.
16.	Comments by gizm092 [Rating: ?/10] 2/21/04 - If someone could get me smi files for this, I would like to watch this before I'm fluent in J.
17.	Comments by dt [Rating: 10/10] it's the best dorama i've ever seen...
18.	Comments by Bsalez [Rating: 7/10] Teen in a relationship ne..
19.	Comments by chipolata [Rating: 9/10] The FIRST Dorama I watched!! Ordinary life with touching story (although rather sentimentil) With its goods and bads, it was my unforgetable drama, reminds me of a time when I was young, free, blank and innocent... One thing I wonder, where did the players go after this dorama? (except Takuya Kimura)
20.	Comments by Yuki0212 [Rating: 5/10] I think this drama is ok not very good even though Kimura is in there.
21.	Comments by takuya_angel [Rating: 8/10] Overall, it's a pretty good show. Worth watching! Takuya was young & kawaii. He also put up quite an impressive performance. A typical college student puppy love plot but pretty smooth storyline.
22.	Comments by zealous [Rating: ?/10] wait to see it
23.	Comments by dummyuser11 [Rating: 7/10] The story line is kinda predictable but quite interesting to watch how the story slowly unfolds. Although i wished that the main actress ended up with Takuya Kimura because he did so much for her. But then agian....what kind of love story would that be in the end?
24.	Comments by cursed within [Rating: 10/10] Great. A must see Jdrama!
25.	Comments by AngelXing [Rating: 7/10] The story line is kinda predictable but quite interesting to watch how the story slowly unfolds. Although i wished that the main actress ended up with Takuya Kimura because he did so much for her. But then agian....what kind of love story would that be in the end?
26.	Comments by positive [Rating: 7/10] Watchable dorama about young love and all its uncertainties. A bit draggy, but overall good story.
27.	Comments by freeze [Rating: 10/10] Watched many times, like this young Kimutaku.
28.	Comments by KeTsUhou [Rating: 6/10] Heard that it is a classic so bought to watch. Maybe it's because the drama is really old so I don't really like it. The plot is also kind of draggy.
29.	Comments by ephesus [Rating: 1/10] this drama is ass. way too old.
30.	Comments by kaonashi [Rating: 4/10] Drama about university friendship. Slow & draggy, but if it wasn't for the female lead actress my rating would've been a bit higher. But I really didn't like her at all. I kind of like the main plot but the middle part, before they all split up, is actually the only strong part of this drama. In short, barely watchable.
31.	Comments by blakmetalik [Rating: ?/10] Episode 1 didn't grab me, but I plan to eventually finish the series.
32.	Comments by tk_iva [Rating: 10/10] this is the show that make Takuya what he is now. therefore it is a must for takuya fans.
33.	Comments by murdocknakashima [Rating: 10/10] great show. everything about this show was awesome ... helped too that fumiya did the theme song.
34.	Comments by GIGI [Rating: ?/10] Fallen in love with Toride-kun myself. Loved the sensitive way Kimura played this character.
35.	Comments by tiesw [Rating: 5/10] Can give it a miss, even if you're hardcore TK fan. Credits to the actors/actresses though for making the best out of a typical storyline.
36.	Comments by agni [Rating: 9/10] tHis is my fiRst j-0Rama that I have watChEd!!i wAtch this when i was iN eLeMAntaRy(1993). i remember wheN nArumi lOst her eAring..then takuya fInd for hEr!! i reALy waNt to Have thIS vCd!!!
37.	Comments by SYILA78 [Rating: 9/10] IT'S 'BOUT FRIENDSHIP. I LIKE THE WAY KIMURA ACT IN THIS DRAMA. OSAMU CHAN SO KAWAII. I HATE NARUMI FOR NOT LOVING OSAMU. OSAMU LIKE HER SO MUCH BUT STILL SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HIM AT ALL.
38.	Comments by tInoltin [Rating: 5/10] takuya look soo nerdy here....
39.	Comments by juuan [Rating: 7/10] Faithful adaption.
40.	Comments by Dorochive [Rating: 2/10] Five good friends, one bad drama.
41.	Comments by miekomewf [Rating: 7/10] Good Drama...Rather depressing though
42.	Comments by yijing [Rating: 8/10] not too bad...quite a touching plot & it really moves a certain part of you. how we are always looking @ the good old days...but such an attitude is actually not healthy.
43.	Comments by ridzz [Rating: 5/10] Aku tertipu dengan cerita ini!! TERTIPU..!! The story is slooow... But i think, if i weren't so impatient, it could be a so-so Dorama, at best. Even the presence of Kimura Takuya couldn't help the fact it's a slow story. But to give credit, where it's due, it tells an interesting of a story of good friends and comradery.. (If only the story is not THAT slow..)
44.	Comments by bedhead [Rating: 7/10] The girl annoyed me quite frequently but -shrugs- I liked it anyways.
45.	Comments by crimsonRED [Rating: 7/10] I love Takuya's portrayal of his role. I love the scene where the transformation from being a college kid to yuppie was shown. its awesome of takuya.
46.	Comments by teru_teru_bouzu [Rating: 8/10] The story about a group of friends. It focused on their school and personal life. It was a great story about friendship. There were tears and laughter. I ended up going to find the manga it was based on.......
47.	Comments by atleast13 [Rating: ?/10] This is by far the best drama I've seen as of 02/15/06 except the first 2 episodes and the last episode were a bit too slow for me considering i like slow dramas but from ep 3 to 10, it's like non-stop climax of beautiful and fucked up of all fucked up storylines. i can't even describe what to feel in this drama. it's a twisted and intertwined connection of friends that totally fucked each other up. it's so painfully beautiful. such an amazing drama. all of the actors were amazing. i actually wanted this to end at around ep 7 or 8 just to have that feel like, damn! this is hella fucked up! definitely a must-see!
48.	Comments by Q-chan [Rating: 9/10] First Kimura Takuya dorama that I saw... Love the friendship...
49.	Comments by quetyas [Rating: 9/10] i cried quite a few times.. the story is pretty slow and i'm a lil annoyed with narumi's choices at time n kikei is just cold hearted at times.. but still soo good to watch!!
50.	Comments by nutda_chan [Rating: 5/10] Quite interesting....friendship is everything...but not really like it...mah-mah desu!
51.	Comments by jdoramafreaks [Rating: 8/10] これはLegendだわ～！何回観ても飽きないのよね～！
52.	Comments by ilovetakuya [Rating: 7/10] I liked this drama till about episode 8. Then, the drama dragged a little bit. I like this true love kinda stuff. Narumi's devotion for Kakei-Kun was kinda touching. Toride (Kimura Takuya) was very cute. I couldn't understand why everybody's in love with Kakei instead of Toride! though the plot wasn't fantastic, i still got to really like the characters, which is something. I heard this drama is based on Saimon Fumi's manga, like Tokyo Love Story. I liked Tokyo Love Story better, but this is still pretty good. The theme song True Love is also great.
53.	Comments by ongrina82 [Rating: 8/10] Wow, just bought this vcd not long ago...Kimura-kun looks so young that time...His acting was already good! But the story is abit plain...watch it because wanted to see the younger days of Takuya.
54.	Comments by gomibagu [Rating: 7/10] The soundtrack was excellent but he story was a bit slow, the on/off/on romance was repetitive, and at the end the lead actress started to annoy me. Though it did have some good moments.
55.	Comments by Mali [Rating: 8/10] One of the first dorama I watched.
56.	Comments by yatta [Rating: 10/10] พรุ่งนี้ก็สายเกินไป
57.	Comments by bluesnow12 [Rating: 8/10] must watch!
58.	Comments by Lisachan [Rating: 10/10] Great drama. I loved it so much. I watched it several times. I rented video tapes to several friends. The last friend lost it. I bought a DVD version a month ago to replace it. Kimutaku was around 20 years old in the drama. Kimutaku, Hikari Ishida, and Tsutsui kun did great performance. AAA+ drama!
59.	Comments by Angry Machines [Rating: 7/10] a pure stroy of friendship and love, although I didn't like the old triangle formula and the shock to find out that everybody has a crush on you!
60.	Comments by ^aPPLe^ [Rating: 8/10] CLasSic!
61.	Comments by deathangels [Rating: 8/10] Good drama, its just about an ordinary live but the plot make it good to watch. good OST, its support the sad and happy situation in drama. recomended to watch
62.	Comments by k4g0me [Rating: 6/10] Felt too "melrose placey".
63.	Comments by fasix [Rating: ?/10] Asunaro ~the ordinary people~
64.	Comments by Jewell4 [Rating: 2/10] hahaha.... Kimutaku, sorry. I still don't know what the story all about. So booooring!! hehehe..
65.	Comments by oldasianguy [Rating: 7/10] One of Kimura Takuya's earlier films...and it shows him being his true self..a kind of nerdy guy...it's only later on that he developes the 'cool' facade...but this wasn't a bad drama..a little above average..
66.	Comments by moonchyld [Rating: ?/10] watching~
67.	Comments by Ezalor [Rating: 6/10] Estimated six points, so I aborted in the 4th episode. Kimutakus roll is way too small.
68.	Comments by kyo452 [Rating: 10/10] romantic drama
69.	Comments by kirei_lanford [Rating: 7/10] the plot is not too good,, it's too fast in the beginning..well at least the actings are above mediocre
70.	Comments by pinkokoro [Rating: ?/10] COMPLETE.
71.	Comments by anpanman [Rating: 9/10] I watched this ages ago..... this was such a romantic drama. One of my all time favourites.

Users who voted for this drama (18)

1.	thereds i love this dorama because this is first dorama i've been watched. and i like this story
2.	fisan Ever lasting dorama. Touching!
3.	takuya_angel I was quite surprised that i actually enjoy watching this show! I like the storyline alot and i could understand the feelings of each character here. Takuya was absolutely adorable in this one and also quite a poor thing since his love was one-sided!
4.	oljdtrade Best Dorama ever ^_^, well at least for the first half or so
5.	KuroiOni It's a nice teen's Love Story. Especially for a boy who doesnt respect a girl's kindness.
6.	Akakage My all time favorite!
7.	cursed within
8.	alvi-j An interesting dorama, i like the characters and the storyline. although a lil bit draggy at some of the episodes, but still worth to watch. the soundtrack by Fumiya Fujii is very good too.
9.	momoe
10.	Surpur Pretty poor story line... 3 out of 5 people being in love with the least likeable character? Give me a break...
11.	naoki_kotoko it just very simple drama, but that's the strength of this drama, the story is not too much and it's about everything that must have experienced in everybody's life
12.	kinoy THE DRAMA WHICH MAKE TAKUYA TO BE A FAMOUS
13.	jdoramafreaks My very firts dorama. Very touching! P.S: the location is my school!!! (Rikkyo~~~!!)
14.	delta_young Touching, friendship
15.	Lisachan Great drama. I loved it and watched it several times. I rented video tapes to several friends. The last friend lost it. I bought a DVD version a month ago to replace it. Kimutaku, Hikari Ishida, and Tsutsui kun did great performance.
16.	redknox
17.	Fye_D.Flowright
18.	John Morrow Does an excellent job of capturing the evolution of friendships over the years with some unexpected twists and turns, as well as one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I've ever seen in a drama.