Details
Title: 最後から二番目の恋
Title (romaji): Saigo kara Nibanme no Koi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: TBA
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-12 to 2012-Mar-22
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: how beautiful you are by Hamasaki Ayumi
Synopsis
From the former ancient capital, Kamakura comes a mature but bittersweet love story. Yoshino Chiaki is a 45 year old TV drama producer at a television network station. As she grows older, she becomes more concerned about her health and retirement rather than a romantic relationship with someone she loves. The dream life she imagined upon joining her company seems far away and no longer reachable. Will things change if she took a break from her routine life? Such questions lead her to Kamakura, where she searches for an antique house to settle in. This is where she meets Nagakura Wahei, a 50 year old man working for the city office. Wahei was separated from his wife by death, a heartbroken lonely single man with one child.
Chiaki and Wahei are drawn to each other as they learn more and more about each other. However, Wahei's family gets in the couple's way with obstacles. Wahei's brother, Nagakura Shinpei being the first. Shinpei is carefree and somewhat lacking in luck, despite his good looking appearance. He courts Chiaki, creating a triangle relationship between the three characters. Wahei's sister, Mizutani Noriko is on the verge of a family breakdown, constantly nagging at those around her. She dislikes Chiaki for being in the same age range, with differing opinions about life. The other sister, an introvert who lacks connection with society and its standards, probes Chiaki's feelings in attempt to expose her inner self. Facing the challenges of interacting with each unique member of the family, Chiaki and Wahei together try to overcome them to attain a long-standing happiness. -- Fuji TV
Cast
Koizumi Kyoko as Yoshino Chiaki
Nakai Kiichi as Nagakura Wahei
Sakaguchi Kenji as Nagakura Shinpei
Uchida Yuki as Nagakura Mariko
Shiramoto Ayana (白本彩奈) as Nagakura Erina
Watanabe Makiko (渡辺真起子) as Mizuno Shoko
Moriguchi Hiroko as Araki Keiko
Asano Kazuyuki as Mizutani Hiroyuki
Iijima Naoko as Mizutani Noriko
JMT Television
Kubota Maki as Assistant Producer Mitsui
Sakamoto Makoto as Takeda Makoto
Hiroyama Kotoha (広山詞葉) as Ida Yukari
Masuwaka Tsubasa (益若つばさ) as Kuriyama Haruka
City of Kamakura Tourism Bureau
Matsuo Satoru as Tadokoro Tsutomu
Satsukawa Aimi as Ohashi Tomomi
Orimoto Junkichi as Ichijo
Guests
Yoshida Yo as Hatanaka Midori (ep2-5)
Ueki Kiyohiko (植木紀世彦) (ep2)
Yasuda Hiroshi (安田裕) (ep2)
Toku Hideki (ep2)
Miyamoto Kyoka (宮本京佳) (ep2)
Matsuda Tomoki (松田知己) (ep2)
Miho Jun as Ohashi Hideko (ep3-4)
Tanaka Oga as Mizutani Sho (ep4)
Takahashi Katsuaki (高橋克明) as the doctor (ep4)
Fukuda Atsuko (ep4)
Kubodera Akira as Haruka's husband (ep4)
Asakura Kazuma (浅倉一翔) as Haruka's son (ep4)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Asano Sumi (浅野澄美)
Directors: Miyamoto Rieko, Tanimura Masaki, Namiki Michiko
Music: Hirasawa Atsushi (平沢敦士)
Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
