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Also known as Ties of Shooting Stars First episode date 17 October 2008 Number of seasons 1 | 7.7/10 IMDb Genre MysterySuspense Written by Kankurō Kudō Final episode date 19 December 2008 Number of episodes 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Kaneko FuminoriYasuharu Ishii Starring Kazunari NinomiyaRyo NishikidoErika Toda Networks TBS Television, Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Cast Similar Code Blue, Last Friends, Yamada Tarō Monogatari, Love Shuffle, Nobuta wo Produce |
Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆, lit. Meteor Bonds) is a detective novel by Keigo Higashino. It was serialized in Weekly Gendai from September 16, 2006 to September 15, 2007 and was published into one tankōbon volume by Kodansha on March 5, 2008. The novel was published in paperback format by Kodansha on April 15, 2011.
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The novel was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2008 starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, and Erika Toda. With the opening theme "Beautiful days" by Arashi and the insert song "Orion" by Mika Nakashima, the drama series began on October 17, 2008.

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It was broadcast in Taiwan through Videoland Japan from Monday through Friday from August 3 to 14, 2009. It was broadcast in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through TV Japan, US affiliate of NHK, every Saturday from October 10, 2009.