Africa no Yoru

Details

Title: アフリカの夜
Title (romaji): Africa no Yoru
Also known as: African Nights
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 11.2
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 1999-Apr-15 to 1999-Jun-24
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song:
- "Breakin' Out to the Morning" by Speed
- "Crazy Love" by Inoue Yosui

Synopsis

A story of young women living in the same local community. Yaeko (Suzuki Kyoka) moves to a condo named "Mezon Africa," and notices her neighbors are all a bit strange. Matsuyuki Yasuko acts selfish neighbor girl Yuka, and Tomosaka Rie acts anarchist college-student Midori. Meanwhile, Yaeko knows her neighbor Mizuho (Muroi Shigeru) killed her husband 14 years ago.

--JDorama.com

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Suzuki Kyoka as Sugitate Yaeko
Sato Koichi as Kimura Ayataro
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Aizawa Yuka
Tomosaka Rie as Kimura Midori
Muroi Shigeru as Maruyama Mizuho
Kunimura Jun as Maruyama Ryokichi
Umegaki Yoshiaki as Sasaki Junsa
Matsushige Yutaka as Hino Shiro
Sawaki Tetsu (沢木哲) as Honma Naoto

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Oishi Shizuka
Producer: Yamaguchi Masatoshi
Director: Ishizaka Rieko, Kawake Shunsaku, Mizuta Naruhide
Music: Yoshimata Ryo

Episode Titles & Ratings

Ep 01: The Dumped Bride and Plastic Surgery Escape
Ep 02: Proposal, Forgotten Name
Ep 03: The Escaped Woman Who Had Plastic Surgery, Africa Escape
Ep 04: A Super Short Miniskirt and a Sour Lemon
Ep 05: Busted! Plastic Surgery Beauty
Ep 06: 8th Year Kiss
Ep 07: Yaeko! Die Together With Me
Ep 08: The Murder's Statute of Limitations is Almost Up
Ep 09: Yaeko Betrays Her Mother?
Ep 10: Police Surround Africa!
Ep 11: The Statute of Limitations Expires! African Morning

-- translated by awrittensin

Ep 01: 12.4%
Ep 02: 12.5%
Ep 03: 12.1%
Ep 04: 12.0%
Ep 05: 09.8%
Ep 06: 10.0%
Ep 07: 12.0%
Ep 08: 10.6%
Ep 09: 10.4%
Ep 10: 08.5%
Ep 11: 13.4%

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External Links

Winter 1999	Fuji TV	Summer 1999
Ringu Saishusho	Tuesday 22:00	Rasen