A Life: A Love

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Drama: A Life: A Love (English title)
Romaji: A LIFE～Kanashiki Hito ～
Japanese: A LIFE～愛しき人～
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Arata Kato, Hisashi Kimura
Writer: Atsuko Hashibe
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 15 - March 19, 2017
Runtime: Sundays 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 14.5% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

When Surgeon Kazuaki Okita (Takuya Kimura) was a rookie doctor, he was kicked out of the hospital due to his friend’s Masao Danjo (Tadanobu Asano) plan. He left for the U.S., leaving behind his girlfriend Mifuyu (Yuko Takeuchi). With his hard work, he became an excellent surgeon.

10 years later, he comes back to Japan by request of Mifuyu’s father, who is a hospital director. Mifuyu is now married to Masao Danjo.

Notes

"A Life: A Love" takes over TBS' Sunday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius" and followed by "Little Giants" on April 16, 2017.

Cast



Takuya Kimura	Yuko Takeuchi	Kenichi Matsuyama	Fumino Kimura	Nanao
Kazuaki Okita	Mifuyu Danjo	Sota Igawa	Yuki Shibata	Minori Sakakibara



Akira Emoto	Min Tanaka	Takashi Kobayashi	Mitsuhiro Oikawa	Tadanobu Asano
Toranosuke Danjo	Isshin Okita	Takayuki Sanada	Keigo Hamura	Masao Danjo

Additional Cast Members:

Chisun - Reiko Akagi
Junpei Yasui - Ryo Kurotani
Ryosuke Takei - Tetsuo Shirakawa
Yuya Takayama - Hagiwara
Shota Taniguchi - Tatsuhiko Chazawa
Erika Osanai - resident
Tamaki Shiratori - Sakura Kawamoto (ep.1)
Sei Hiraizumi - Yozo Morimoto (ep.2)
Koen Kondo - Tatsuya Morimoto (ep.2)
Masami Horiuchi - Yu Igawa (ep.2)
Mahiru Konno - Miho Narita (ep.3)
Ayumi Tanida - Koichi Takenaka (ep.3,5,7,9,)
Tomohiro Nakatsugawa - Takeshi Hisajima (ep.3,5,7,9,)
Kouichi Koshimura - Gamo (ep.3)
Shingo Tsurumi - Shuzo Katayama (ep.4)
Shugo Oshinari - Takayuki Katayama (ep.4)
Rie Minemura - Yayoi Nishiyama (ep.4-5)
Tetsuya Takeda - Teruhiko Yamamoto (ep.5)
Kunihiro Suda - Yoshio Kazama (ep.5)
Wataru Takagi - Tatsuo Sakakibara (ep.6,10)
Masayo Umezawa - Saito (ep.6)
Naomi Zaizen - Yukiko Kojima (ep.7)
Aju Makita - Akane Michiyama (ep.7)
Daisuke Kuroda - Hiroyuki Michiyama (ep.7)
Miyako Yamaguchi - Toyoko Ueno (ep.8,10)
Katsuhiko Sasaki - Yasuhiro Kusano (ep.9)
Narumi Kayashima - Hisano Yasui (ep.9)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/15/2017	14.2%
02	01/22/2017	14.7%
03	01/29/2017	13.9%
04	02/05/2017	12.3%
05	02/12/2017	13.9%
06	02/19/2017	15.3%
07	02/26/2017	14.5%
08	03/05/2017	15.7%
09	03/12/2017	14.7%
10	03/19/2017	12.6%
Average		16.0%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

lrt Oct 18 2021 8:42 am Excellent drama!!! Very realistic progressive medical setting with a bittersweet love story. Must watch.

Crestfallen Jun 15 2020 12:34 am On the contrary to what Yuna say. I find Mifuyu sensei likeable. You're probably jealous and insecure of her beauty.

Yuna Nov 09 2017 2:13 am I liked everything about this series but one. I was so annoyed with Mifuyu-sensei. The faces and gestures she make when acting annoyed me.

Sara Sep 04 2017 8:16 pm Im only watching this because of the 'pride' couple.. so happy to know they r doing a drama together again

jojo Mar 22 2017 4:34 am Wow, this drama is so perfect and emotional . The final episode just kills me. And also the cast is so amazing.Best drama for the year . Really love it

patrick foo Mar 11 2017 9:15 pm After forcing myself to watch the first 5 ep decided to stop watching this is the 2nd worst kimura drama after the one with the taiwan actress

M Mak Mar 01 2017 6:28 am Hurray! The 'Pride' couple reunion. Wait so ...... Long. . Please more to come.

Ekubo856 Feb 13 2017 8:11 am a bit confused with mifuyu. why she call her husband with masao-san not annata??

Ounji Feb 03 2017 11:30 am I like Matsuyama Kenichi so much. You r no.1 in my life.

Wayer Jan 28 2017 5:54 am Aah.. brought my Nangman Doctor memories. And takuyaaa kyaaa kenichi kun kyaaa~~~ yuko too kyaaaa~~~

KURO Jan 22 2017 4:41 pm "L" is that you.? xD

kentoyamazaki Jan 22 2017 12:59 pm Takuya Kimura and Yuko Takeuchi!!! my Pride couple are back yay! first episode was amazing!

kimijiro Nov 30 2016 2:27 am just right after SMAP disbanding, this is so good to starting a new year ^-^ happy tears

kaede Nov 15 2016 10:25 am Wuuaaa...can't wait... Kimura in "romance" genre again after years and among all actresses they cast Yuko-chan.. OMG Pride reunion.. She really has stories with SMAP's members. Other casts are also stunning, Kenichi Matsuyama (my forever L) and Tadanobu Asano are also my favorite. Really looking forward for this drama.

Sarah V Nov 13 2016 8:33 am kyaaaaa!!!! Pride is STILL my fave dorama after all these years, I'm soo happy they'll be reuniting again after more than a decade, *happy tears*

Cisca Nov 13 2016 12:12 am Kyaaaa! Kimura pairing with Yuko again!!!!

Fredz Nov 12 2016 8:09 am PRIDE COUPLE IS BACKKKK!!!! plus siren combo! what amazing start in 2017 after smap split, this is 1st solo project KimuTaku-san ....

Mai Nov 11 2016 1:48 am Siren combo~~~ yes ❤️❤️

Vaanel Nov 10 2016 9:18 pm Kimutaku and Yuko first since reunion since Pride. Sugoi! can't wait!

Sunny Nov 10 2016 9:11 pm Wow... cant wait.. so happy..

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