Tokio: Message Across Time
Overview
Has one person changed your life? A proud but lazy loser, Takumi dreams of getting rich as he gambles his girlfriend's money away. One day, he is rescued from a fight by a strange young man named Tokio. Tokio tells a weird story -- that he is Takumi's son from the future and has come to save his old man from a tragedy! Before this can sink in, Takumi's girlfriend disappears. Can they save her? Or will the future change for the worse?
Top Cast

Taichi Kokubun
Miyamoto Takumi

Sho Sakurai
Miyamoto Tokio

Yasuko Tomita
Chizuru Hayase

Kei Yasuda
Takemi Sakata

Hitomi Takahashi
Koko Kozima

Waka Inoue
Sachi Tamura

Masatô Ibu
Yuchiro Ishihara

Tsurutaro Kataoka
Kenzuke Tsuboyuchi

Jun Fubuki
Sumiko Doko

Toshihide Tonesaku
Kohei Itano
About Tokio: Message Across Time
Tokio: Message Across Time is a sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 2004. Created by Yasushi Fukuda, it stars Taichi Kokubun, Sho Sakurai, Yasuko Tomita. Has one person changed your life? A proud but lazy loser, Takumi dreams of getting rich as he gambles his girlfriend's money away. One day, he is rescued from a fight by a strange young man named Tokio. Tokio tells a weird story -- that he is Takumi's son from the future and has come to save his old man from a tragedy! Before this can sink in, Takumi's girlfriend disappears. Can they save her? Or will the future change for the worse?
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