Details
Title: 肩ごしの恋人
Title (romaji): Katagoshi no Koibito
Also known as: Over-the-Shoulder Lover
Genre: Romance, comedy
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 07.4 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-5 to 2007-Sep-06 (ep9 Sep 6)
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Chance no Maegami by Takenouchi Mariya
Synopsis
Hayasaka Moe is a 30-year-old office worker in an import service company who cannot devote herself in romance. On the other hand, Moe's close friend, Murono Ruriko, who snatches Moe's boy friend away to marry him for her third time, is interested in nothing but romantic affairs. Through their love and friendship, this drama portrays women in their 30s being rocked by marriage, divorce, infidelity, and work. --TBS
Cast
Yonekura Ryoko as Hayasaka Moe
Takaoka Saki as Murono Ruriko
Nagai Masaru as Murono Nobuyuki
Tanabe Seiichi as Kakizaki Yusuke
Kaname Jun as Ryo
Wakamura Mayumi as Takano Itsuko
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Bun-chan
Sano Kazuma as Akiyama Takashi
Shibuya Asuka as Akiyama Nanako
Mitsuya Yoko as Yamashita Eri
Kato Yoshika as Matsushita Miki
Nakayama Megumi as Kakizaki Chika
Guests
Horii Chado (堀井茶渡) (ep1-9)
Shibata Jiro (柴田次郎) (ep1-2)
Sugiura Masafumi (ep1)
Nishikawa Mizu (西川瑞) (ep1)
Irino Yoshiko (入野佳子) (ep1)
Takahashi Mieko (高橋実恵子) (ep1-2)
Fukazawa Emi (深沢エミ) (ep1)
Uchiyama Tsutomu (内山勉) (ep2)
Murasugi Seminosuke as Akaishi Mamoru (ep3-4,7)
Gamou Junichi (蒲生純一) (ep3)
Arakawa Tomohiro (荒川智大) (ep3)
Kaneko Noboru as Ishibashi Yuki (ep3)
Natsuki Mari as Mitsuoka Kyoko (ep4)
Minagawa Sarutoki (皆川猿時) (ep4)
Yatsu Isao (ep4)
Tajima Reiko as Hayasaka Sachiko (ep5,9)
Kurita Yoko as Yokoyama Fumie (ep5)
Haruta Junichi as Yokoyama Yutaka (ep5)
Tsuji Yoshihito (辻義人) (ep5)
Nanase Natsumi as Akiyama Shiho (ep6,8)
Mizuta Fumiko (水田芙美子) (ep6)
Yoshioka Yu (吉岡佑) (ep6)
Muto Akiko (武藤晃子) (ep6)
Yatsu Isao (谷津勲) (ep6)
Yamaguchi Ryoichi (山口良一) as Iwamoto Masao (ep7)
Fuse Eri as Tachibana Ritsuko (ep7)
Hamano Yuka (浜野由佳) (ep7)
Yamashita Shinji as Akiyama Kentaro (ep8)
Mukai Osamu (向井修) (ep8)
Production Credits
Original writing: Yuikawa Kei (唯川恵) Katagoshi no Koibito (novel)
Screenwriter: Goto Noriko
Producer: Kijima Seiichiro, Hashimoto Takashi (橋本孝)
Director: Sakai Masahiro (酒井聖博) (ep1-2,5,8-9), Takemura Kentaro (竹村謙太郎) (ep3,6), Yamamoto Takeyoshi (山本剛義) (ep4,7)
Music: Haneoka Kei (羽岡佳)
