Borderline

Drama: Borderline
Romaji: Bodarain
Japanese: ボーダーライン
Director: Yoshi Ishizuka, Daiji Kobayashi
Writer: Manabu Uda, Emi Kajimoto
Network: NHK
Episodes: 5
Release Date: October 4 - November 1, 2014
Runtime: Saturdays 21:00-22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Akira (Teppei Koike) is late for his first day on the job as a firefighter. A fire occurs on that day and he goes with the other firefighters to the fire scene. Akira becomes frozen in front of the fire. Back at the fire station, Akira hopes to work at the fire station, but not go out to a fire site.

Fire Captain Yohei (Toshio Kakei) decides to place Akira with a emergency medical services team. The emergency medical service team is always busy, but not always for emergency situations. One day, Akira and the medical services team go out to a car accident scene. A child there is having a cardiopulmonary arrest. The captain of the team, Kaede (Norika Fujiwara), instructs Akira to save the child. Akira applies first aid and the child's condition improves. For the time in his life, Akira saves someone's life.

Cast
Teppei Koike
Toshio Kakei
Norika Fujiwara
Makiya Yamaguchi
Yu Tokui
Kazuki Namioka
Tamiyasu Cho
Kanna Mori