Details
Title: 恋ノチカラ
Title(romaji): Koi no Chikara
Also known as: Power of Love / Strength of Love
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 16.8
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-10 to 2002-Mar-21
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme Song: "Kirakira" by Oda Kazumasa
Synopsis
Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle for comfort. She knows that this isn't the best thing, but can't find the strength right now to do anything except choose the easy way to do things. This causes her to start getting down on herself. Luckily though, she doesn't give up hope completely, and tries to take things as they come. Which proves to help to some degree.
Suddenly one day, a guy by the name of Kotaro (Tsutsumi Shinichi) comes along. Like Toko, Kotaro hasn't had much luck at work either. Even so, this is still the same guy that Toko liked when she was younger. Naturally, Toko is thrilled to see Kotaro after such a long time, but eventually finds out that he is about as insensitive as you can get, and is self-centered to boot. This really gets to Toko. What's worse is that Toko ends up starting a small company with him, even though she had to leave her position at a large company because of trouble they were involved in together. -- Fuji TV
Cast
Fukatsu Eri as Motomiya Toko
Tsutsumi Shinichi as Nukui Kotaro
Yada Akiko as Kuramochi Haruna
Sakaguchi Kenji as Kimura Sogo
Kuga Yoko as Teraishi Kaori
Nekoze Tsubaki as Suda Maki
Sugawara Toshimi as Hasegawa Ikuko
Shiga Kotaro as Kusunoki Tateaki
Nishimura Masahiko as Yoshitake Nobuo
Tanihara Shosuke as Kuramochi Yusuke
Kino Hana (木野花) as Kuramochi Sumiko
Kodama Kiyoshi as Kuramochi Ken
Tonesaku Toshihide as Nakazawa Kazufumi
Ishida Taro as JPN Resort President
Oshikiri Moe as Kimura's friend (ep1)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Aizawa Tomoko
Planning: Ishihara Takashi, Suzuki Yoshihiro
Producer: Funatsu Koichi
Directors: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Murakami Masanori, Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito
Episode Titles
Ep 01: A 30 years old woman, good-bye lifetime employment! This is your story
Ep 02: Love begins for a 30 years old Office Lady
Ep 03: When a woman tells a lie
Ep 04: A Storm of claims! A wanted business man
Ep 05: A kiss! A kiss! A kiss
Ep 06: Catastrophe! A company goes bankrupt
Ep 07: The person I want by my side when I'm sad
Ep 08: Sudden development? Former boyfriend suddenly returns home!
Ep 09: A night alone together
Ep 10: Good-bye
Ep 11: There's always a happy ending!! And tonight, it's your turn
