Kataomoi
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Details
- Title: 片想い
- Title (romaji): Kataomoi
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Mystery
- Episodes: 6
- Broadcast network: WOWOW
- Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-21 to 2017-Nov-25
- Air time: Saturday 22:00
Synopsis
Sports writer Nishiwaki Tetsuro got married to Risako who was the manager of the American football club which he belonged to as a university student, but they are not on good terms. One day, Nishiwaki is on the way home after a reunion with American football club teammates including Hayata Yukihiro and Sugai Makoto. He and Sugai sneak into the university grounds and run into Hiura Mizuki who was a former manager of the club. He radiates a strange aura. Then he makes a shocking confession to them, “I killed a person.” In addition, at Nishiwaki’s house, Mizuki reveals to Nishiwaki, Sugai and Risako that he has gender dysphoria and is living as a man now. He works at a club as a bartender and killed a customer who was stalking a hostess Saeki Kaori at an unseen place. At first, the three of them feel disturbed and at a loss for words. But together with Nakao Kosuke, another teammate who was also Mizuki’s ex-boyfriend, they make the decision to protect their brilliant youth and friend. Then Mizuki goes missing. In the course of searching for him, Nishiwaki is faced a series of distressing facts. What decision will Mizuki and the team members reach? --JDrama Weblog
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Cast
- Nakatani Miki as Hiura Mizuki / Kanzaki Mitsuru
- Shimizu Touya as young Mizuki
- Kiritani Kenta as Nishiwaki Tetsuro
- Kuninaka Ryoko as Nishiwaki Risako
- Otani Ryohei as Hayata Yukihiro
- Suzuki Kosuke as Nakao Kosuke
- Wada Masato as Sugai Makoto
- Nakamura Anne as Saeki Kaori
- Takatsuki Sara as Suenaga Mutsumi
- Mashima Hidekazu as Hirokawa Yukio
- Akahori Masaaki as Saga Masamichi
- Sakai Miki as Takashiro Ritsuko (ep4-)
- Oka Mitsuko as Tokura Kae
- Tanaka Yoji as Mochizuki
- Akiyoshi Kumiko as Nozue Makiko
- Tanaka Min as Aikawa Fuyuki
- Hashizume Isao as Mizuki's father
Production Credits
- Original work: Novel Kataomoi by Higashino Keigo
- Screenwriter: Yoshida Noriko
- Director: Nagata Koto (永田琴)
- Music: Ichikawa Kazunori (市川和則)
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