Details
Title: たったひとつの恋
Title (romaji): Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
Also known as: Just One Love / Love of my Life
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 11.61
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-14 to 2006-Dec-16
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Bokura no Machi de by KAT-TUN
Synopsis
A story of pure love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewelry chain store owner. The backdrop of the story is Yokohama.
If you feel you have lost the purity of your soul by watching stories about womanizers seducing impudent women, or by carrying out calculated maneuvers in your own love life, here is a story for you. A boy and a girl from highly different social backgrounds meet and fall in love. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. The setting is in Yokohama, a modern port city known for its romantic atmosphere. Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner in a fashionable street in Yokohama. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks. Their three close friends, who are also 20 year old's, play an important role in their developing relationship.
The scriptwriter is Eriko Kitagawa, who earned the nickname "The Goddess of Love Stories." This classic love story enables those who are in the same generation to feel empathy, or be envious of the characters' lives; and the rest, who were once 20 years old's, to reminisce about their own "Love of My Life."
Cast
Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Hiroto
Ayase Haruka as Tsukioka Nao
Tanaka Koki as Kusano Ko
Hiraoka Yuta as Ozawa Ayuta
Toda Erika as Motomiya Yuko
Kaname Jun as Tsukioka Tatsuya (Nao's brother)
Saito Ryusei as Kanzaki Ren (Hiroto's brother)
Zaitsu Kazuo as Tsukioka Yasuhiko (Nao's father)
Tanaka Yoshiko as Tsukioka Mitsuko (Nao's mother)
Yo Kimiko as Kanzaki Akiko (Hiroto's mother)
Oshima Yoko (works in Hiroto's factory)
Taguchi Hiromasa (works in Hiroto's factory)
Guests
Takahashi Mai as Yuki (ep4-5)
Namioka Kazuki as Yamashita (ep4-6)
Anan Kenji (ep7)
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Saito (ep7-10)
Wakaba Ryuya (ep10)
Hiraizumi Sei (ep10)
Yanagita Erika (ep10)
Kato Yoshika as Nao's friend
Akita Makoto
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Kitagawa Eriko
Producer: Nishi Norihiko
Director: Iwamoto Hitoshi
Music: Ike Yoshihiro
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Love across classes
Ep 02: Holding hands
Ep 03: We're through
Ep 04: My rage, your tears
Ep 05: You won't be around
Ep 06: Our secret
Ep 07: But, I...
Ep 08: Goodbye
Ep 09: We can definitely meet again
Ep 10: Just one love
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
