Saiai

Details

Title: 最愛
Title (romaji): Saiai
Also known as: Dearest / Beloved
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, Romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.7%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2021-Oct-15 to 2021-Dec-17
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Kimi ni Muchuu by Utada Hikaru

Synopsis

A suspense love story centered around Sanada Rio, a businesswoman who suddenly became an important reference for a murder case; a detective who is Rio's first love and is trying to pursue the truth of the case; and a lawyer who wants to protect Rio by all means.

Back in 2006, a disappearance case happened in a peaceful town where Rio grew up in. Fifteen years later, the person involved in the case appeared in front of Rio, who has now become a leading businesswoman. This caused Rio to suddenly remember the things that should have been sealed in her memory.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.25

(12 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

Main Cast

Yoshitaka Yuriko as Sanada (Asamiya) Rio (18 → 33)
Matsushita Kouhei as Miyazaki Daiki (21 → 36)
Iura Arata as Kase Kenichiro (27 → 42)

Year 2021

Sanada Wellness

Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Goto Shinsuke
Miyashita Kanako as Kojima Ayaka
Minemura Rie as Umino Kozue

Sanada Holdings

Yakushimaru Hiroko as Sanada Azusa

Sanada Business Service

Okuno Eita as Sanada Masanobu

Metropolitan Police Department

Sakuma Yui as Kuwata Hitomi
Tsuda Kenjiro as Yamao Atsushi
Nakano Tsuyoshi as Sone

Former Shiroyama University Athletics Club

Okayama Amane as Fujii Hayato (35)
Kanai Sonde as Nagashima Toru (36)
Misaki Ayame as Aoki Nana (35)

Others

Tanaka Minami as Tachibana (Matsumura) Shiori
Takahashi Fumiya as Asamiya Yu / Informant (24)
Sakou Yoshi as Watanabe Akira (70)

Year 2006

Asamiya Family

Mitsuishi Ken as Asamiya Tatsuo
Hiiragi Hinata as Asamiya Yu
Kayashima Narumi as Nagaoka Megumi

Sanada Holdings

Yakushimaru Hiroko as Sanada Azusa

Shiroyama University Athletics Club

Okayama Amane as Fujii Hayato (20)
Kanai Sonde as Nagashima Toru (21)
Sugawara Ken as Takashiro Ryunosuke (21)
Misaki Ayame as Aoki Nana (20)
Shibue Joji as Yano Susumu

Others

Okuno Eita as Sanada Masanobu
Asai Daichi as Watanabe Kosuke (20)
Sakou Yoshi as Watanabe Akira (55)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Okudera Satoko, Shimizu Yukako
Producer: Arai Junko
Director: Tsukahara Ayuko, Yamamoto Takeyoshi, Murao Yoshiaki
Music: Yokoyama Masaru

Recognitions

15th Tokyo Drama Award (2022): Renzoku Drama Grand-Prix
15th Tokyo Drama Award (2022): Best Actress - Yoshitaka Yuriko
15th Tokyo Drama Award (2022): Best Director - Tsukahara Ayuko
55th JBA Awards (2022): Best Drama
55th JBA Awards (2022): Best Actress - Yoshitaka Yuriko
55th JBA Awards (2022): Best Director - Tsukahara Ayuko
38th ATP Award TV Grand Prix (2022): Best Drama
2nd TVer Award (2021): Best Drama
27th AMD Award (2021): Grand Award / Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award
110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Drama
110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Actress - Yoshitaka Yuriko
110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Screenwriter - Okudera Satoko, Shimizu Yukako
110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Director - Tsukahara Ayuko, Yamamoto Takeyoshi, Murao Yoshiaki
31st TVLIFE Drama Awards (2021): Best Actress - Yoshitaka Yuriko
31st TVLIFE Drama Awards (2021): Newcomer - Takahashi Fumiya
Galaxy Monthly Award (Dec 2021): Best Friday Drama

Notes

Saiai reunites the production team of 2017 drama, Reverse, and airs in the same timeslot.

External Links

Summer 2021	TBS	Winter 2022
#Kazoku Boshu Shimasu	Friday 22:00	Tsuma, Shogakusei ni Naru