Manhattan Love Story
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Details
- Title: マンハッタンラブストーリー
- Title (romaji): Manhattan Love Story
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Romance, comedy, drama
- Episodes: 11
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2003-Oct-09 to 2003-Dec-18
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: Love Love Manhattan by TOKIO
Synopsis
Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo to speak on his behalf. Owner's real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops' "Master" rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don't really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn't show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee. --more...
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Cast
- Matsuoka Masahiro as Tencho (coffee shop owner)
- Koizumi Kyoko as Akabane Nobuku
- Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Bessho Hideki
- Morishita Aiko as Chikura Maki
- Matsuo Suzuki as Doigaki Satoshi
- Sakai Wakana as Emoto Shiori
- Funakoshi Eiichiro as Funakoshi Eiichiro
- Tsukamoto Takashi as Gamo Shinobu
- Omi Toshinori as Ibori Masahiko
- Toyama Kyoko as herself
- Nekoze Tsubaki as the woman in flashbacks
- Natsukawa Jun as Midori
- Michizuki Mai (望月麻衣) as Satsuki
- Minagawa Sarutoki as AD Matsue aka the fat guy in yellow jacket
- Fujiwara Kazuhiro as Producer Tomo
- Imoto Takafumi (井本貴史) as the director
Guests
- Hida Yasuhito cameo (ep1)
- Furuta Arata cameo (ep1)
- Joshima Shigeru cameo (ep1)
- Becky cameo (ep1)
- Sato Ryuta cameo (ep1)
- Uchiyama Shinji as the CM character (ep1-2,9)
- Sato Akira (佐藤旭) as Suzuki in flashbacks (ep1-5,11)
- Ikezu Shoko as the woman in red sweat shirt (ep2,4,6,8,10-11)
- YOU as Doigaki Haruko (ep3-5,8)
- Morimoto Yuko (森本ゆうこ) as Doigaki Ayame (ep2-5,10)
- Kato Seishiro as Doigaki Yuya (ep4-5,10)
- Miyake Hiroki as Akabane's former colleague (ep3)
- Fukazawa Atsushi as Yoshio (3,5,8-10)
- Tsukaji Muga as KinKin (ep4)
- Doi Yoshio as the bar emcee (ep4)
- Hirooka Yuriko as the inn attendant (ep5)
- Hiraiwa Kami as Hara (ep6-7)
- Horiuchi Ken as Director Minami (ep6)
- Shoji Yusuke as Pisuke (ep6)
- Tomizawa Taku (富澤タク) as Osamu (ep6)
- Imawano Kiyoshiro as Hattan Ichiro (ep7)
- Kitaro as Shiori's father (ep7,9)
- Oshima Yoko as Shiori's mother (ep7)
- Kaneko Noboru as Shinobu's former tutor (ep7)
- Yamaguchi Tomomitsu as Roberto Kondo / Kondo Tatsuo (ep8)
- Miyazaki Tomu as the traffic aide (ep9)
- Iwamatsu Ryo as Shinobu's mother (ep9)
- Okada Masumi as Suzuki Daikichi (ep11)
- Asari Yosuke as Manhattan branch 2 waiter (ep11)
- Fujiwara Kazuhiro
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
- Producer: Isoyama Aki
- Director: Doi Nobuhiro, Katayama Osamu, Tsuboi Toshio
- Music: Sato Naoki
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: I Fell in Love with your Eyes
- Ep 02: A Dance Party for Two
- Ep 03: God of Romance
- Ep 04: Hollywood Scandal
- Ep 05: I Who Became a Fish
- Ep 06: X-ray Boy
- Ep 07: You Are More Beautiful Than A Rose
- Ep 08: Space Fantasy
- Ep 09: A Happy Date of Love
- Ep 10: Santa Claus is my Lover
- Ep 11: Your Name
Recognition
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Koizumi Kyoko
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Scriptwriter - Kudo Kankuro
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Directors - Doi Nobuhiro, Katayama Osamu, Tsuboi Toshio
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement - Sato Naoki
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Casting
- 39th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening
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