Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
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- Title: 結婚できない男
- Title (romaji): Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
- Title (English): The Man Who Can't Get Married, He Who Can't Marry
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Comedy
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings:
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-4 to 2006-Sep-19
- Air time: Tuesday 22:00
- Theme Song: Swimmy by Every Little Thing
Synopsis
A man is cooking a steak in an apartment kitchen. Although his skills are a bit rusty, his usage of spices and way of pouring brandy to light a fire is quite a sight. He's Shinsuke Kuwano, an architect. He starts taking bites of the steak when his cell phone rings. It's Eiji Murakami, Shinsuke's assistant at the office. He has called to remind Shinsuke of a party that he was supposed to attend.
"Mr. Kuwano, you were the one invited. Why aren't you here?" "Eiji, did you know that the ancient Romans partied by lying on the floor and feasting with their hands?" "You have to come. There's somebody that wants to build a house soon."
Later on at the party, Shinsuke finds Eiji hitting on a girl. "Did you know that five-story pagodas are actually one-story high?" This is a piece of trivia that Shinsuke had told him. Shinsuke stands out at the party with his handsome looks. When he learns that a girl at the party is interested in him, for some reason, he starts talking endlessly about architecture, eventually boring the girl. Eiji says, "Mr. Kuwano, if you don't do something about your personality, you'll never be able to get married." "I like being alone!" replies Shinsuke.
In the meantime, at a Japanese restaurant, Natsumi Hayasaka is reluctantly having dinner with an arranged date. When Natsumi feels that the topic of conversation is heading towards marriage, she finally speaks up.
At a later date, Maya Sawasaki, who works in the housing industry is giving a tour of a house Shinsuke designed. Maya is confident of landing a deal with a customer, but Shinsuke just can't keep his mouth shut, ruining the deal. Although Maya and Eiji are fed up with Shinsuke's personality, they still respect his way of designing homes, focusing on the kitchen — the place in the house where family warmth is built upon.
Source: Fuji TV
Cast
- Abe Hiroshi as Kuwano Shinsuke
- Natsukawa Yui as Hayasaka Natsumi
- Kuninaka Ryoko as Tamura Michiru
- Tsukamoto Takashi as Murakami Eiji
- SHEILA as Nishimura Chizuru, Michiru's friend
- Nishimaru Yuko (西丸優子) as Ozawa Mari
- Takamatsu Iku (高松いく) as Emori Kazumi
- Omi Toshinori as Nakagawa Yoshio
- Miura Rieko as Nakagawa Keiko
- Sakura as Yoshikawa Saori
- Takachi Noboru as Kaneda Hiroyuki
- Kusabue Mitsuko as Kuwano Ikuyo
- Takashima Reiko as Sawasaki Maya
- Tachibana Ayano as the combini cashier
- Nishio Hiroyuki (西尾浩行) as the video rental cashier
- Fuwa Mansaku as the contractor
- Seto Yoichiro (ep1)
- Ryu Raita as Natsumi's father (ep7)
- Mitsuya Yoko (三津谷葉子) as Nagasawa Yuki (ep9)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Ozaki Masaya
- Producer: Ando Kazuhisa (安藤和久), Tojo Yuuji (東城祐司), Ito Tatsuya (伊藤達哉)
- Director: Miyake Yoshishige (三宅喜重), Komatsu Takashi (小松隆志), Ueda Hisashi (植田尚)
- Music: Nakanishi Kyo (仲西匡)
Episode Ratings
- Ep 01: 20.2%
- Ep 02: 14.4%
- Ep 03: 15.9%
- Ep 04: 16.5%
- Ep 05: 15.1%
- Ep 06: 14.4%
- Ep 07: 15.3%
- Ep 08: 14.6%
- Ep 09: 18.0%
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 一人が好きで悪いか!! / So what if I like to be alone?!
- Ep 02: 好きなものを食って悪いか!! / So what if I eat the food I like to eat?!
- Ep 03: 好きにお金を使って悪いか!! / So what if I spend my money the way I want to?!
- Ep 04: 休日を一人で過ごして悪いか!! / So what if I spend my days off alone?!
- Ep 05: 家に人を入れないで悪いか!! / So what if I don't let people into my home?!
- Ep 06: 融通きかなくて悪いか!! / So what if I'm inflexible?!
- Ep 07: 親戚づきあいが嫌いで悪いか!! / So what if I don't like to mix with the relatives?!
- Ep 08: 犬がキライで悪いか!! / So what if I hate dogs?!
- Ep 09: 彼女ができて悪いか!! / So what if I have a girlfriend?!
Trivia: Classical music pieces
This is a list of pieces Kuwano listened to. - From the official site's Q&A section
- Ep 01: Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 5th mvt; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (op. 47), 4th mvt
- Ep 02: [same as Ep 01]
- Ep 03: Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Overture
- Ep 04: Schubert, Erlkönig (Erl-King), a Japanese adaptation by Ooki Atsuo (大木惇夫) and Ito Takeo (伊藤武雄)
- Ep 05: Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 5th mvt; Schubert, Ave Maria
- Ep 06: Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
- Ep 07: Smetana, Má Vlast (My country), Vltava/The Moldau
- Ep 08: Mahler, Symphony No. 5, 3rd mvt; Mozart, Symphony No. 41 Jupiter, 1st mvt
- Ep 09: Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade
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