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Drama / A Life /
A Life (2017)
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| Country | Japan |
| Season Year | Winter 2017 |
| Air Dates | Jan 15, 2017 – Mar 19, 2017 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Runtime | 54 |
| Timeslot | Sunday at 9:00 pm |
| Network(s) | TBS |
| Official Site | |
| Licensed | No |
Native Title A LIFE～愛しき人～
English Title A Life: A Love
Alternate Title(s) A LIFE～Kanashiki Hito
Synopsis
When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his girlfriend Danjo Mifuyu behind and went to the US alone. 10 years go by and he comes back as a surgeon with outstanding skills to save his former teacher from illness. His teacher is none other than his ex-girlfriend’s father. In the time that Okita was away, Mifuyu had married his own good friend Masao, who is now the deputy director and the heir of the hospital. To make matters worse, this friend was the one who plotted to drive him out form the hospital 10 years ago. Okita has to face all sorts of ordeals to save his teacher. But he never gives up amid the swirl of love, desire, friendship, jealousy and pride. Okita may be awkward but deals with patients with all his heart. His way of life gets the people working at the hospital to start asking themselves what real healthcare is.
Cast
- Kimura Takuya as Okita Kazuaki
- Lead Role
- Takeuchi Yuko as Danjo Mifuyu
- Lead Role
- Asano Tadanobu as Danjo Masao / Sodai
- Lead Role
- Matsuyama Kenichi as Igawa Sota
- Support Role
- Kimura Fumino as Shibata Yuki
- Support Role
- Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Hamura Keigo
- Support Role
- Nanao as Sakakibara Minori
- Support Role
- Emoto Akira as Danjo Toranosuke
- Support Role
- Kobayashi Takashi as Sanada Takayuki
- Support Role
- Yasui Junpei as Kurotani Ryo
- Support Role
- Surgeon
- Takei Ryosuke as Shirakawa Tetsuo
- Support Role
- Surgeon
- Sakisaka Mia as Sanjo Chisaka
- Support Role
- Operating room nurse
- Takayama Yuya as Hagiwara
- Support Role
- Head pediatric surgeon
- Taniguchi Shota as Chazawa Tatsuhiko
- Support Role
- Pediatric surgeon
- Tanaka Min as Okita Isshin
- Support Role
- Kazuaki's father
- Chisun as Akagi Reiko
- Support Role
- Takenoya Saki as Danjo Rina
- Support Role
- Hiraizumi Sei
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 2
- Horiuchi Masami
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 2
- Konno Mahiru
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 3
- Koshimura Koichi
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 3
- Tsurumi Shingo
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Oshinari Shugo
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Minemura Rie
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Takeda Tetsuya
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Suda Kunihiro
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Takagi Wataru
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 6
- Umezawa Masayo
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 6
- Zaizen Naomi
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 7
- Kuroda Daisuke
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 7
- Yamaguchi Miyako
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 8
- Sasaki Katsuhiko
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 9
- Doi Kiyomi
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 9
- Kayashima Narumi
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 9
Crew
- Hashibe Atsuko
- Screenwriter
- Sato Naoki
- Composer
- Shiozaki Jun
- Assistant Director
- Setoguchi Katsuaki
- Producer
- Hirakawa Yuichiro
- Director
- Kato Arata
- Director
- Kimura Hisashi
- Director
Music
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Oshi Spots
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Takenotsuka Batting Center
/ 竹ノ塚バッティングセンター
- Address: 5 Chome-24-5 Hokima, Adachi City, Tokyo 121-0064, Japan
- Notes: Takenotsuka Batting Center, located between Takenotsuka Station and Yatsuka Station on the Tobu Skytree Line.
- Episode 3: Filming location for a scene in Episode 3 where Asano Tadanobu's character practices batting, and Nanao’s character suggests, "Maybe you should try a different approach."
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La Bisboccia
/ ラ・ビスボッチャ
- Address: Japan, 〒150-0013 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Ebisu, 2 Chome−36−13, Hiroo Mtr Building, 1F
- Notes: The Italian restaurant La Bisboccia, located about a 7-minute walk south of Hiroo Station on the Hibiya Subway Line.
- Episode 2: Served as the filming location for the final scene in Episode 2, where Emoto Akira’s character, the hospital director, hosts a celebration and invites Asano Tadanobu, Takeuchi Yuko, and Kimura Takuya.
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Fukagawa Gatharia
/ 深川ギャザリア
- Address: 1 Chome-5-10 Kiba, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0042, Japan
- Notes: Fukagawa Gatharia, a shopping center located a 3-minute walk from Kiba Station on the Tozai Subway Line, was the filming location for a scene in Episode 2.
- Episode 2: Takeuchi Yuko's character is walking home after shopping with her child.
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Tsukiji Jisaku
/ つきじ治作
- Address: 14-19 Akashicho, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0044, Japan
- Notes: The high-end restaurant *Tsukiji Jisaku*, located about a 12-minute walk from Tsukiji Station or Tsukishima Station, served as the filming location for the scene in Episode 1 where Asano Tadanobu and Matsuyama Kenichi’s characters have a dinner meeting with a banker.
- Episode 1: Asano and Matsuyama meet a banker at this restaurant.
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Kagetsu Sushi
/ 嘉月寿司
PERMANENTLY CLOSED
- Address: 2 Chome-8-3 Yotsugi, Katsushika City, Tokyo 124-0011, Japan
- Notes: Kagetsu Sushi serves as the filming location for the sushi restaurant owned by Kimura Takuya's character's father, played by Min Tanaka. There were actual sightings of Kimura Takuya filming at this location on December 6.
- Episode 1: Kazuaki visits his father at the end of episode and we find out his father works at this sushi restaurant.
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Narita International Airport
/ 成田国際空港
- Address: 1-1 Furugome, Narita, Chiba 282-0004, Japan
- Notes: Narita International Airport, Japan's gateway located in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, served as the filming location for the scene in Episode 1 where Kimura Takuya returns from Seattle. There were actual sightings of Kimura filming at the airport on December 2.
- Episode 1: Okita Kazuaki, played by Takuya Kimura, is a character who has trained in Seattle, USA. This could suggest that the scene filmed at the beginning of the drama, where he returns to Japan from America, was part of this setup.
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