When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their dire economic straits. Yukiho also retaliates in similar manner by staging a suicide for her mother as well as herself. It's been 14 years since then and the boy that gave up everything and the girl that waged her life on the boy are struggling to continue to love each other. They grow up attempting to keep it secret and ride out the statute of limitations. In order to protect Yukiho, and improve her life, Ryoji enters the world of vice and dabbles in crimes to support her.

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  Ayase Haruka (Karasawa Yukiho)

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  Yamada Takayuki (Kirihara Ryoji)

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  Tanaka Koutaro (Koga Hisashi)

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  Yo Kimiko (Taniguchi Mafumi)

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  Watabe Atsuro (Matsuura Isamu)

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  Fukuda Mayuko (Nishimoto (Karasawa) Yukiho)

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• 13 days ago 11 of 11 episodes seen

  lunarlegend_03
  6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  9
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  9
  • Rewatch Value  8

  Tragic and yet beautiful in the dark side of love. This drama is too heavy that I get too depressed and saddened over it. OMO! Those tone is too heavy also, they really set the right atmosphere to set the mood with good music transition. T__T
  
  This is BRILLIANT, I must say.
  
  If you really ask yourself this: "Why do they have to commit crime over and over again? To cover their sins?" -- Actually, children can't blame for their actions when they respond to anything. I mean, THEM. Why? They are only children. And their experiences leads to a traumatic situations that if they've been found out, they will do the same thing to cover it again. It's like "Defense Mechanism". Hhhhmm.. Am I right? :|
  
  If you're not agree then I must say.. "That wouldn't make much of a story, would it?" :)
  
  Oh well, Journey under the Midnight Sun is indeed a bit too harsh when you come to think of it in a metaphorical way that.. LIFE is all about surviving.
  
  Anyway, if you're familiar with the novel "Gone with the Wind".. You will somehow knew about these two very flawed people I'm referring to. :)
  
  Well, if you're into a melodrama with heavy tone. Then give it a try! ^_^ read more

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• Jan 19, 2013 11 of 11 episodes seen

  milafanway
  3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  8
  • Acting/Cast  8
  • Music  7
  • Rewatch Value  6

  First, if you liked white night (?) you have to watch this drama, i don't know how to say it but is beautiful and painful at the same time.
  The story, well i thought that it was about a first love but not at all, it's cute and sad *remembering* and it begins with a guy that is dying in the street and we back again how they met until nowadays.
  The acting, well if you put Yamada Takayuki with Hayase Haruka is like JACKPOT! The acting it was great by the two leads and the rest was okay...
  The music, well only the song at the end of the drama is pretty sad and i love it so it went to my ipad.
  Rewatch value, i gave it 6 because i liked a lot but it's hard to me to watch it again and because Yamada Takayuki cries very good and i'll die because i cried only with him lol
  Overall, if you're in the mood to watch some drama, you have to wath this, you're going to enjoy it and i'm angry that most of people don't know this drama LOL read more

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  Ryusei no Kizuna

  Both are beautiful adaptations of two novels written by the master of Japanese suspens : Keigo Higashino

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  Into the White Night

  It's the same story. Advice : watch the movie first. The drama would spoil all the movie suspense, but the movie won't spoil the drama's.

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