Details
Title: 不機嫌なジーン
Title (romaji): Fukigen na Gene
Also known as: Grumpy Gene
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.19
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-17 to 2005-Mar-28
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme songs:
- Main theme: feel my soul by YUI
- Insert theme: Lover's Concerto by Sarah Vaughan
Yoshiko Aoi is a budding researcher in ethology, the study of animal behavior. "Men=male" are born unfaithful. But through her studies, Yoshiko learns it's not the males' fault. Rather, it's the fault of their genes, who work to replicate themselves by controlling the males' body. This is the sad, but commonly accepted theory of biology. What's even sadder is that Yoshiko's nickname is "Gene," because her name written in Chinese characters can also be read as "Jinko/Geneko." The love story follows Yoshiko's struggles with research and romance. -- Fuji TV
Cast
Takeuchi Yuko as Aoi Yoshiko / Jinko / Gene
Uchino Masaaki as Minamihara Takashi
Kikawada Masaya as Shiraishi Kenichi
Hirayama Hiroyuki as Wakasa Muneo
Okada Yoshinori as Abe Keita
Yamada Yu as Yanagawa Miyuki
Otaka Akira (大鷹明良) as Mitsui Shigehito
Ito Masayuki as Yotsuya Yuya
Kobayashi Shun as Sasaki Kyota
Pe Jyonmyon (ペ・ジョンミョン,裵正名) as Sakurai Yusuke
Inoue Noriko as Maoka Sachiko
Motai Masako as Yoshida Kei
Odagiri Joe as Katsuta Hayato
Kobayashi Satomi as Jinguji Jun
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Omori Mika
Producer: Shikanai Tsugi
Planning and production: Yamaguchi Masatoshi
Directors: Sawada Kensaku (ep1-2,5,8,11), Hirai Hideki (ep3,6,11), Kawamura Yasuhiro (川村泰祐) (ep4,11), Hatsuyama Yasuhiro (初山恭洋) (ep7,10-11), Shirakawa Tsukasa (白川士) (ep9,11)
Music: YUI, Konishi Yasuharu (小西康陽)
