Details
Title: ラブジェネレーション
Title (English): Love Generation
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 30.70
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 1997-Oct-13 to 1997-Dec-22
Air time: Monday 22:00
Theme song: Shiawase na Ketsumatsu by Ohtaki Eiichi
Synopsis
Katagiri Teppei (Kimura Takuya) is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his precious locks of hair to create a neater and more appropriate image. Helping him along the way is Uesugi Riko (Matsu Takako), whom he tried to pick up along the street earlier but was tricked by her instead. Riko does not have a good impression of him at first, but falls for him gradually. However, Teppei runs into his ex-girlfriend Mizuhara Sanae (Junna Risa) who is now the girlfriend of his brother Soichiro (Uchino Masaaki). Consoling him is Riko, whom Teppei likes gradually. Just when Teppei and Riko start dating, Sanae realises that she still likes Teppei... -- JDorama.com
Cast
Kimura Takuya as Katagiri Teppei
Matsu Takako as Uesugi Riko
Fujiwara Norika as Takagi Erika
Uchino Masaaki as Katagiri Soichiro
Junna Risa as Mizuhara Sanae
Moriguchi Yoko as Shiroishi Nami
Hirata Mitsuru as Kurosaki Takeshi
Kawabata Ryuta as Yoshimoto Tamio
Izutsu Shinsuke as Sasaki Taisaku
Kishi Hiroyuki as Ootemon
Fukiishi Kazue as Uesugi Midori
Nakamura Ikuji as Ishihara
Inoue Takashi as Yoda
Yamazaki Naoki as Hosaka
Kondo Kyozo as Tsuji
Harada Shuichi as Hioki
Nomura Shinji as Shimamura Mitsuru
Shiina Kippei (guest) as Ogasahara Korekiyo
Igarashi Izumi as Uesugi Youko
Suzuki Mie as Uesugi Sachiko
Kurotani Tomoka as Harumi
Igawa Hisashi as Uesugi Ken'ichi
Namase Katsuhisa as Ando-san
Sato Tamao
Shinagawa Toru
Production Credits
Scriptwriter: Asano Taeko, Ozaki Masaya
Producer: Koiwai Hiroyoshi (小岩井宏悅)
Director: Nagayama Kozo, Kimura Tatsuaki, Ninomiya Hiroyuki
Music: CAGNET
Episode Titles & Ratings
Ep 01: 「新しい自分と運命の恋に出会うとき」
Ep 02: 「恋に落ちる瞬間」
Ep 03: 「涙雨に濡れた贈り物」
Ep 04: 「愛のない一夜」
Ep 05: 「キス、キス、キス」
Ep 06: 「愛の混浴露天風呂」
Ep 07: 「幸せの次に来る事」
Ep 08: 「突き刺さる愛の破片」
Ep 09: 「別れ」
Ep 10: 「東京ラストデート」
Ep 11: 「この恋のために、生まれてきた」
Recognitons
15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Kimura Takuya)
15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director (Nagayama Kozo)
