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Hajimemashite, Aishiteimasu (2016)

Country | Japan |
Season Year | Summer 2016 |
Air Dates | Jul 14, 2016 – Sep 15, 2016 |
Episodes | 9 |
Runtime | 54 |
Timeslot | Thursday at 9:00 pm |
Network(s) | TV Asahi |
Official Site | |
Licensed | No |
Synopsis
Starring Machiko Ono and written by Kazuhiko Yukawa, this groundbreaking family drama marks their first collaboration, featuring Ono’s first on-screen pairing with Yosuke Eguchi as a married couple. The series poses a profound question: “Can you say ‘I love you’ to your family?”
The plot follows a childless couple who decide to adopt a 5-year-old boy abandoned by his parents, chronicling their six-month journey to become a “real family.” The boy neither smiles nor speaks and doesn’t even have a name. While other adults struggle to connect with this emotionally withdrawn child, somehow this couple discovers a unique way to communicate with him. Is this a miracle or destiny?
The Japanese adoption system, which legally recognizes adoptive parents as true parents, comes with numerous challenges – including time limits, trial periods, and court evaluations – essentially creating a series of tests to prove authentic parent-child bonds. Ono plays a frustrated pianist wife, while Eguchi portrays her universally acknowledged kind-hearted husband, as they struggle to overcome these hurdles.
Cast
- Ono Machiko as Umeda Mina
- Lead Role
- Eguchi Yosuke as Umeda Shinji
- Lead Role
- Yokoyama Ayumu as Umeda Hajime / Kurokawa Hikari
- Lead Role
- Inoue Rinna as Umeda Mina
- Support Role
- Child
- Hayami Mocomichi as Umeda Takumi
- Support Role
- Asaji Yoko as Umeda Shino
- Support Role
- Shukugawa Atom as Fuwa Taichi
- Support Role
- Sakai Maki as Fuwa Haruyo
- Support Role
- Hirasawa Kokoro as Fuwa Asuka
- Support Role
- Fuji Tatsuya as Oikawa Masayoshi
- Support Role
- Nemoto Ritsuko as Hikage Ran
- Support Role
- Okamoto Rei as Arai Kaho
- Support Role
- Yamazaki Shigenori as Yoshii
- Support Role
- Suzuki Maika as Katajima Noriko
- Support Role
- Onishi Ayaka as Mari
- Support Role
- Tomita Yasuko as Kurokawa Tsukiko
- Support Role
- Shida Mirai as Kurokawa Izumi
- Support Role
- Yo Kimiko as Domoto Machi
- Support Role
Crew
- Yukawa Kazuhiko
- Screenwriter
- Katayama Osamu
- Director
- Higurashi Ken
- Director
- Ito Akinori
- Director
- Hirai Mamiko
- Composer
- Kuroda Tetsuya
- Producer
- Yamada Kenji
- Producer
- Ota Masaharu
- Producer
Music
Theme Song 2
Theme Song 3
Promotional images, screencaps, .gifs, etc.
Oshi Spots
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