Details
Title: 東京湾景
Title (romaji): Tokyo Wankei
Title (English): Destiny of Love
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 13.83
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2004-Jul-05 to 2004-Sep-13
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kimi sae ireba by Weather Forecast
Synopsis
"Please tell me who I really am."
This e-mail message was sent by Mika Kimoto, an editor working at a publisher in Daiba, Tokyo.
Coming from a wealthy family, Mika has always had everything she has ever wanted and more. She is a third-generation Korean living in Japan. She loves her job, and her Japanese boyfriend is a doctor.
There's one thing that bothers Mika though... Her father Masao is very conscious of his ethnic heritage and will allow Mika to marry only a Korean. When her relationship falls apart because of her father's interference, she just happens to post the above message on a mobile phone dating service.
Ryosuke, a blue-collar warehouse worker at Shinagawa Pier, replies to Mika's message.
Daiba and Shinagawa Pier are separated by Tokyo Bay. Mika is a career woman working at a major firm. Ryosuke lives a meager life doing manual labor at a warehouse. There seems to be nothing in common between the two. Still, destiny brings them together.
One day Mika happens to find her late mother Yuri's diary. Written within is the tale of Yuri's concealed relationship with a Japanese man before she married Masao. Mika finds out her mother's hidden past and her passion for the man she loved. Without knowing it, she is about to follow the same path as her mother.
Cast
Nakama Yukie as Kimoto Mika / Kim Yuri
Wada Soko as Wada Ryosuke
Nakamura Shunsuke as Inoue Koichi (Park Hong-il)
Nakamura Toru as Kamiya Fumi
Sato Eriko as Yamane Mari
Sato Ryuta as Hayase Yoshio
Sonim as Kimoto Norika
Hayami Mokomichi as Koyama Hiroshi
Aikawa Sho as Osugi Ken
Natsuyagi Isao as Wada Kensuke
Ishizaka Koji as Kimoto Masao
Ri Reisen as Inoue Reiko
Park Yong Ha as Mr. Kan
Nagano Satomi as Hayama
Inoue Noriko (ep4)
Yabe Kenji (ep9)
Production Credits
Original work: Yoshida Shun'ichi (吉田修一)
Screenwriter: Hara Natsumi
Planning: Oota Toru (大多亮)
Producers: Oota Toru, Kurihara Miwako, Moriya Takeshi
Directors: Murakami Masanori, Hirai Hideki
Music: Iruma (イルマ), Takanashi Yasuharu (高梨康治)
