Red Thread of Fate

Akai Ito is Japanese television drama series based on a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.

Cast

Nao Minamisawa

Takemiya Mei

Junpei Mizobata

Nishino Atsushi

Ryo Tajima

Kamiya Mitsuru

Sayuri Iwata

Haruna Takemiya

Ryo Kimura

Riku Takahashi

Rei Okamoto

Mia Amagishi

Anna Ishibashi

Asami Tadokoro

Hitomi Miyauchi

Sara Nakagawa

Yanagishita Tomo

Natsuki Fujiwara

Kasumi Suzuki

Yuri Nakanishi