Details
Title: 最後の恋
Title (romaji): Saigo no Koi
Also known as: A Forever love / Last Love / Never Fall in Love Again
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 16.8
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 1997-Jul-11 to 1997-Sep-19
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Tsutaetai Koto ga Arunda by Oda Kazumasa
Synopsis
One summer night, sixth-year medical student Natsume Toru is propositioned by Shinozaki Aki. He coldly brushes her off and tells her to look for someone with money. Several days later, while on duty at Keiyu University Hospital, Toru comes across Aki once more. It turns out that she is the sister of Shinozaki Jun, Toru's first official patient. Jun is waiting for a costly operation and in order to pay for it, Aki has been forced to sell herself on the streets. Toru falls in love with Aki, but will he be able to take her off the streets and more importantly, convince her that she deserves his love? -- KIKU TV
Cast
Nakai Masahiro as Natsume Toru
Tokiwa Takako as Shinozaki Aki
Kawaoka Daijiro as Shinozaki Jun
Hakamada Yoshihiko as Sada Shouichi
Hosokawa Naomi as Kurebayashi Naomi
Suzuki Kazuma as Yamazaki Kenji
Nishio Mari as Nishida Sachiko
Jinbo Miki (神保美喜) as Saito Reiko
Arai Yasuhiro as Assistant Professor Kosugi
Moto Fuyuki
Ito Shiro
Kondo Yoshimasa
Nakane Toru
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Kitagawa Eriko
Producer: Kijima Seiichiro
Directors: Shono Jiro, Katayama Osamu
Music: Yamashita Kosuke
Awards
14th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
14th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor (Nakai Masahiro)
14th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress (Tokiwa Takako)
14th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Newcomer (Kawaoka Daijiro)
14th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
