Dakishimetai

Dakishitemai

Details

• Title: 抱きしめたい！
• Title (romaji): Dakishimetai!
• Also known as: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
• Episodes: 12 + 4 specials
• Viewership ratings: 18.5%
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast period: 1988-Jul-07 to 1988-Sep-22
• Air time: Thursday 22:00
• Theme song: Aquamarine no Mama de Ite by Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe

Synopsis

Asako and Natsuko have been close friends for more than 25 years. Natsuko's husband Keisuke had affairs, so she asks Asako to let her stay at hers. Keisuke was once Asako's boyfriend. They are going to be 30 years old soon. There are other nice guys around Asako. It's a drama about their love and friendship. -- Fuji Creative

Specials

• '89 (1989-Mar-30) - 23.8%
• '90 (1990-Jan-03) - 18.7%
• Seikimatsu Special (1999-Oct-01) - 18.0%
• Forever (2013-Oct-01) - 12.9%

Cast

• Asano Atsuko as Ikeuchi Asako
• Asano Yuko as Hayakawa Natsuko
• Iwaki Koichi as Hayakawa Keisuke
• Motoki Masahiro as Yamashita Jun
• Ishida Junichi as Ninomiya Shuuji
• Endo Yumiko
• Nogiwa Yoko
• Sato Yukio (佐藤幸雄)
• Kawai Michiko
• Ikuta Tomoko
• Fuse Hiroshi

Guests

• Mizukami Koji (水上功治) (ep1)
• Watanabe Chiaki (渡辺千秋) (ep1)
• Murata Takehiro (ep2)
• Ono Yasushi (小野ヤスシ) (ep4)
• Ootsuka Chikao (大塚周夫) (ep5)
• Omori Akemi (ep5)
• Kouzu Hazuki (神津はづき) (ep5,8)
• Yamamura Michiko (山村美智子) (ep5,8)
• Enjo Junko (円浄順子) (ep8)
• Kawamata Shinobu (川俣しのぶ) (ep9)
• Yanagiba Toshiro (ep10)
• Nakaya Noboru (仲谷昇) (ep11)

• Takuma Shin ('89)
• Okusu Michiyo (大楠道代) ('89)

• Suzuki Honami ('90)
• Okuda Eiji ('90)
• Nakayama Hideyuki ('90)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Matsubara Toshiharu (松原敏春)
• Producer: Yamada Yoshiaki (山田良明), Ota Toru
• Director: Kawake Shunsaku, Mitsuno Michio
• Music: Pizzicato Five (ピチカート・ファイヴ)

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• JDorama.com
• Review (Japanese)