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is a Japanese drama
series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yuko Takeuchi
, Yōsuke Eguchi
, Satoshi Tsumabuki
, and Shinichi Tsutsumi
.
Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet
and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fianceé. Natsumi is left with quite the predicament.
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yuko Takeuchi
Yuko Takeuchi
is a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
, Yōsuke Eguchi
Yōsuke Eguchi
is a Japanese poet, actor and singer, who most recently starred in 2009 Japanese film Goemon. Since 1986, he as appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the actress and pop star Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter....
, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
, and Shinichi Tsutsumi
Shinichi Tsutsumi
is a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi.-Profile:*Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan*Talent Agency: Siscompany-Movies:* Suspect X...
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Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet
Omurice
Omurice, sometimes spelled , is an example of contemporary Japanese fusion cuisine consisting of an omelette made with fried rice and usually topped with ketchup. Omu and raisu being contractions of the words omelette and rice, the name is a wasei-eigo...
and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fianceé. Natsumi is left with quite the predicament.
Cast
- Natsumi Mugita - Yuko TakeuchiYuko Takeuchiis a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
- Yujiro Nabeshima - Yosuke EguchiYōsuke Eguchiis a Japanese poet, actor and singer, who most recently starred in 2009 Japanese film Goemon. Since 1986, he as appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the actress and pop star Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter....
- Junzaburo Nabeshima - Satoshi TsumabukiSatoshi Tsumabukiis a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
- Minoru Ushijima - Takayuki YamadaTakayuki Yamadais a Japanese actor and singer. He has two elder sisters and one son. At age 15, he was discovered by talent agency and made his debut in his acting career in the TV drama Psychometrer Eiji 2 in 1999....
- Koshiro Nabeshima - Tomohisa YamashitaTomohisa Yamashita, also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer.Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 11 and made his official CD debut with NEWS in 2004. He debuted as a solo artist in 2006 with the hit single "Daite Senorita". His first solo...
- Tomato Shiomi - Misaki Itoh
- Kenzo Nabeshima - Go Wakabayashi
- Kenichiro Nabeshima - Shinichi TsutsumiShinichi Tsutsumiis a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi.-Profile:*Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan*Talent Agency: Siscompany-Movies:* Suspect X...
- Shuuji (Natsumi-san's ex- lover) - Go Morita
- Noboru Sakai - EitaEitais a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. His birth name is . He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys...
- Mamoru Kawabata - Issei Takubo
- Hidemi Yamashiro - Masako Umemiya
Minor Cast
- Ren Ohsugi episodes 1 & 12
- Morooka episodes 3 & 4
- Kohki Okada episodes 3 & 10
- Kosuke Toyohara episodes 5 - 7
- Negi-ba - Teruko Hanabara episodes 5 & 8
- Ken Ishiguro episodes 7
- Yusuke KamijiYusuke Kamijiis a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. In the music world, he is known mononymously as .- Biography :Kamiji graduated from Yokohama Senior High School. He belonged to the baseball club while in school, and played catcher. He and Daisuke Matsuzaka played together for one year, and when Matsuzaka...
episodes 7 - Maggie - Kenta Kiritani episodes 8
- Nagisa Kirishima - Eriko SatoEriko Sato, originally a glamour model, is a Japanese actress.She was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and raised in Tokyo. She was given the Best Actress award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival....
episodes 11 - Shinshou Nakamaru episodes 12
- Emi SuzukiEmi Suzukiis a Japanese fashion model and retired occasional actress. Widely known by her nickname Emichee, she has often been described as a "charismatic model" and is particularly popular among gyaru teenagers.-Early life:...
Awards and nominations
- 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Casting
- 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress: Yuko TakeuchiYuko Takeuchiis a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
- 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Satoshi TsumabukiSatoshi Tsumabukiis a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
- 34th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Music:
Season One (2002)
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