47 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestA love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an ailment that has placed restrictions on her life. Natsuo has been looking after his younger brother and sister since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon.
Acting
Domoto's restrained grief versus Hirosue's fragile defiance.
Direction
Quiet framing that lets silence devastate you.
Tsuyoshi Domoto
Natsuo Shinoda（篠田 夏生）
Hirosue Ryoko
Yuki Katase（片瀬 ユキ）
Tsubasa Imai
Hiroto Suetsugu（末次 弘人）
Chizuru Ikewaki
Chika Shinoda（篠田 知佳）
Shun Oguri
Jun Shinoda（篠田 純）
Shunsuke Nakamura
Seiji Tachibana（橘 青児）
Ryoko Kuninaka
Misa Suzuki（鈴木 美紗）
Hideko Hara
Sakurai Miyako（桜井 美也子）
Takuzo Kadono
Shogo Katase（片瀬 正吾）
Mayuko Fukuda
Yukari（ゆかり）
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Domoto's first lead drama role; he and Hirosue reportedly barely spoke offset to preserve their characters' tentative dynamic.
The 'summer snow' title references impossible, fleeting beauty—a concept rooted in Japanese mono no aware aesthetics of bittersweet transience.
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