Beyond Goodbye
| Beyond Goodbye | |
|---|---|
| Sayonara no Tsuzuki (さよならのつづき) | |
| Genre | Drama[1] |
| Created by | Netflix |
| Developed by | Telepack |
| Written by | Yoshikazu Okada |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Kurosaki |
| Starring | Kasumi Arimura Kentaro Sakaguchi Yuri Nakamura Toma Ikuta |
| Ending theme | "Azalea" by Kenshi Yonezu |
| Composer | Asuka Amamiya |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Makiko Okano |
| Producers | Jun Kurosawa Teppei Chikami |
| Production location | Hokkaido |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | November 14, 2024[1] |
Beyond Goodbye (Japanese: さよならのつづき, Hepburn: Sayonara no Tsuzuki) is a Netflix original Japanese drama series starring Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi.[2] All 8 episodes was released at once on Netflix since November 14, 2024.[1] The series mainly takes place in Otaru, Hokkaido.[3]
Plot
[edit]Saeko Sugawara works at a coffee manufacturing company in Hokkaido. Through coffee, she was able to meet her boyfriend Yusuke, who co-owning a coffee shop with his best friend. Her love story ended up in tragic when Yuusuke dies in a traffic accident while protecting Saeko. This is a story that begins from a "goodbye" as Saeko lives her life coping about Yuusuke when she encounters a man who sometimes can be acting similar as Yuusuke. Unknowingly to her, the man was the one who received Yuusuke's heart transplant.
Cast
[edit]- Kasumi Arimura as Saeko Sugawara
- A coffee lover who moves from Tokyo to work at a coffee manufacturing company in Hokkaido. She hopes to bring people smile through coffee.
- Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kazumasa Naruse
- A university staff who was born with weak body before receiving heart transplant from Yuusuke.
- Toma Ikuta as Yuusuke Nakamichi
- A free-spirited boyfriend of Saeko who died in a traffic accident.
- Yuri Nakamura as Miki Naruse
- Kazumasa's wife who married him despite his health condition. Her family owns an apple farm.
- Eita Okuno as Kengo Inoue[4]
- Yuusuke's best friend who runs a coffee shop.
- Tomokazu Miura as Hiro[4]
- Saeko's business partner who owns a coffee field in Hawaii.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Factory, Cinema (2024-11-09). "Netflixシリーズ「さよならのつづき」いよいよ来週配信スタート!!＜絶賛コメント＞が続々到着". CINEMA FACTORY (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ ""こういうのが観たかった"…Netflix『さよならのつづき』人気の理由とは？ 稀有な魅力を考察＆評価レビュー（映画チャンネル）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ "Netflix『さよならのつづき』が今年を締めくくるにふさわしい傑作になったワケ。地上波ドラマにはない魅力とは？ 解説（映画チャンネル）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ a b "Netflixシリーズ「さよならのつづき」キャスト・あらすじ【まとめ】｜シネマトゥデイ". シネマトゥデイ (in Japanese). 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
External links
[edit]- Beyond Goodbye — Netflix (in Japanese)