Details
Title: 2001年のおとこ運
Title (romaji): 2001 no otoko un
Also known as: Luck with men in 2001 / New Year's Resolution
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.0%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2001-Jan-09 to 2001-Mar-20
Air time: Tuesday 22:00 (1st & final episode 22:10~23:14)
Theme song: Lucky pool by Judy and Mary
Insert songs: Ikusen no hitomi by Revenus, Mujou by Shiina Junpei
Synopsis
It is Christmas, (2000) and Yazuki Ataru (Kanno Miho) gets stuck working overtime. When she finally gets off work, she rushes home dressed in a Santa suit to surprise her live-in boyfriend, Ken. She shouts, "Merry Christmas" as she opens the door, but there's no answer. She desperately searches the house for Ken, but he is nowhere to be found. Even his belongings are gone! Thinking it is some kind of joke or something, Ataru runs to long-time friend Aizawa Kaoru's (Oshio Manabu) house. But the only one there is her friend Kaoru, spending Christmas alone making sweet and sour pork. Where is he? Ataru asks. Huh? Kaoru replies. Ken's not here? She asks. You mean he's walked out on you? Kaoru replies. It finally sinks in that Ken is gone. On Christmas...on the day of their first anniversary living together. Ataru, unable to hide her emotions, curls up into a ball as she makes her way into the "kotatsu". As he opens the "Christmas cake", Kaoru realizes that Ataru was ready to propose to Ken. The last Christmas of the millennium proves to be a lonely one for both.
Cast
Kanno Miho as Yuzuki Ataru
Tanabe Seiichi as Yoshiyuki Amabane
Oshio Manabu as Aizawa Kaoru
Katase Nana as Yazuki Sakura
Yamamoto Mirai as Mana Yoko
Arisaka Kurume
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Ikura Seiichi
Moriguchi Yoko
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Noyori Miyuki (野依美幸)
Producers: Ando Kazuhisa (安藤和久), Matsui Yoko (松井洋子)
Directors: Nakajima Satoru (中島悟), Iijima Shinichi (飯島真一), Miyake Yoshishige
Episode Sub-title & Viewership
Episode 1: 17.1% 「絶対幸せになる!!」
Episode 2: 15.1% 「私が私でいれる場所」
Episode 3: 12.8% 「孤独か?自由か?」
Episode 4: 13.7% 「忘れられない人」
Episode 5: 12.0% 「ついていい嘘」
Episode 6: 13.8% 「シングルマザー!?」
Episode 7: 13.8% 「男と女の友情って」
Episode 8: 13.8% 「あたしのプライド」
Episode 9: 13.3% 「夢か家族かオヤジ乱入」
Episode 10: 14.0% 「今夜告白します!」
Episode 11: 14.6% 「運を掴むのは誰だ」
