Series1990·54m·7.2

Wonderful Unrequited Love

Drama

Shumpei sometimes sees his neighbor Keiko, but doesn't think much of her. One of Keiko's friends gives her the phone number of a single guy, but when she calls she recognizes him as Shumpei, and gives him the made up name 'Nana.' When they meet face to face, she pretends not to know him, but through their phone calls, they slowly start to fall in love.

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Cast

Miho Nakayama

Keiko Yoda/Nana Hayashi

Toshiro Yanagiba

Shumpei Nomo

Yu Aihara

Taeko Ochiai

Emi Wakui

Tomomi Nishina

Maho Toyota

Mami Murase

Ken Ishiguro

Yutaka Shiozaki

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Details

Status
Ended
Network
Fuji TV
First aired
1990-10-15
Last aired
1990-12-17
Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Languages
Japanese
Age rating
Production
Fuji Television Network

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Reviews

ParkMin

12/7/2024

3.0

This drama proved to be much worse than expected and ended up being my least favorite Nakayama Miho project thus far. It’s a 90s slog that moves at the pace of a drunken snail trying to cross a busy freeway. It got some charm buried under all the emptiness and shortcomings, but you’ll need an archaeological dig to find it. The plot was full of second-hand cringe distilled into indigestible form and the lack of chemistry was shocking and deadly with all of her male co-stars! The supporting cast fares slightly better but they were clearly there just to pad out the runtime. To be fair, it’s not all bad. The drama did occasionally capture the bittersweet pain of unrequited love but those moments were few and far between, and they were buried under so much fluff and filler that you’ll wonder if they were worth the effort.