Information and Support: Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
If you, or someone you know, needs help or advice on mental health issues or suicide prevention, the following organizations may be able to provide you or them. (You will go out of NHK sites.)
Samaritans
Samaritans is a charity dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide. https://www.samaritans.org/
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, text-based mental health support and crisis intervention to support people in their moments of need. https://www.crisistextline.org
ikizurabit
You may get more information and support in Japanese at the following organization through Line, a text based communication app. https://yorisoi-chat.jp/
A "Re-lifer" who suddenly came back to life. He has no memory of falling from the roof of his office and dying three years ago. He seeks to find answers about his death.
Emoto Tasuku - Profile
Born in 1986, Emoto made his feature film debut with A Boy's Summer in 1945.
Emoto has won countless awards, including the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor for the films And Your Bird Can Sing, Dynamite Graffiti and Lovers on Borders. For his role in the NHK drama To Heal the Heart, he won the Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize Award for Excellence in Lead Acting, cementing his status as one of the top actors of his generation. For NHK, he has played the lead role in Scrap and Build and The Founder: Visionary Shogun, Ieyasu Currency Wars, and has also appeared in the tv series Here Comes Asa!, Heisei Sasameyuki, The Peony Lantern: A Ghost Story and the period drama IDATEN.
Tetsuo's wife. She has raised her son Riku on her own ever since Tetsuo died.
Suzuki Anne - Profile
Born in 1987, Suzuki gained popularity after making her debut in 1996 as a child actor for a TV drama, and has since appeared in a number of popular movies and plays. Her exceptional acting on stage won her numerous awards, including the 2021 MEXT Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, the Yomiuri Theater Awards Grand Prize/Best Actress Award, and the Kinokuniya Theatre Awards Individual Prize. Her NHK appearances include Sayoko is Back, Distant Bonding, the period drama Burning Flower and How to be Likable in a Crisis.
A security guard at Tetsuo's workplace. He starts to stalk Tetsuo after he gets told off for kicking pigeons to death.
Abe Sadawo - Profile
Born in 1970, Abe made his theater debut after he joined Matsuo Suzuki's theater company "Otona Keikaku" in 1992. He has since starred in a number of plays, movies and dramas, and is also the singer for the punk band "Group Tamashii."
Abe's ability to play a spectrum of roles—from comedic to serious, average citizen to eccentric characters—has won him numerous accolades, including the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor, and the Yomiuri Theater Awards Best Actor. Lead roles for Abe are announced year after year, firmly establishing his presence as one of the most popular actors of his generation.
He has appeared in a number of NHK period dramas, including the lead role in IDATEN, and roles in Naotora: The Lady Warlord and Kiyomori.
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