Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kanji Takizawa works at a bank. He has worked his way up to become a branch manager. Kanji Takizawa is married to Mariko and they have a daughter. Recently, he hardly speaks to his wife and daughter. One day, he is demoted at work. This causes Kanji Takizawa to reflect on his life and he has doubts about the choices he has made. Around this time, he sees a poster of a snow covered mountain that attracts his attention. He lies to his family that he will go on a business trip. Instead, he travels to Switzerland alone. He takes a gondola to Matterhorn alone. There, he meets Shiori Meguro who has also traveled alone.

Meanwhile, Mariko falls in love with her daughter's fiance.

Series details

• Title: Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39315
• TVDB ID: 353798

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-10-11; final listed air date 2018-12-13; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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