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New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea
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New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea

2007-12-14 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

Drama

The drama revolves around Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, which opened in 2002 and was the largest in the world until 2005. Tokito Saburo stars in the drama as the aquarium's director. The story begins when he announces the plans for the aquarium's 7500-ton main tank, inspired by a boy fighting an incurable illness in a Hokkaido hospital. (Source: Tokyograph)

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Fuji Television Network
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Japan
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Ended

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Saburo TokitoSaburo Tokito
Manami HigaManami Higa
Hiro MizushimaHiro Mizushima
Kenta SugaKenta Suga
Suzuka OhgoSuzuka Ohgo
Masahiko NishimuraMasahiko Nishimura
Takashi UkajiTakashi Ukaji
Takehiko OnoTakehiko Ono
Kami HiraiwaKami Hiraiwa

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