Takuya, masato and manachan in a drama, what could go wrong? Absolutely nothing. With perfect acting, most beautiful scenery and one of the best piano OSTs this drama is one the best I've seen through the years. While I was messing around on drama streaming sites searching through tags, I choose (animals) tag and this had a good rating so I watching first episode, then onto the second and I finished 10 in less that 16 hours. Next thing you know I'm a crying shampoo full of tears. The story about a man who tries to give Japan after the Second World War some hope, by going to Antarctica, the government and everyone laughed at him, but he managed to assemble the crew and go to Antarctica , kimura always dreamed of going there just like his father did, the first episode was 2 hours while the starting was slow for me because I didn't know anything about this movie but once the boys gathered and found the cute huskies to follow them I was all excited. It was inspirational what the crew went through, but due to bad weather they had to abandon the dogs in Antarctica leaving them for what can be sure death ( cried a lot ). This drama is not only about the HUMAN crew but the loyalty first coming from dogs and then the boys returned their love back and it had a lot of comrade sense. The drama covered beautifully how Japan was not all about war but there are good people who wanted to give people some hope, achieve the impossible back then. Keep an eye on takuya and masato, hands down of the best performances I've seen. 10/10 for epic journey adventure and love (shampoo approve) Favorite ost https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5koZHzvWbtk Semi-good quality stream http://www.gooddrama.to/japanese-drama/nankyoku-tairiku