Tanshin Hanabi

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Drama: Tanshin Hanabi
Romaji: Tanshin Hanabi
Japanese: 単身花日
Director: Tomonobu Moriwaki, Koji Shintoku Hajime Senoo
Writer: Takashi Iwashige (manga), Izumi Kawasaki
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes:
Release Date: October 14, 2023 --
Runtime: Saturdays 23:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Shun Sakuragi (Daiki Shigeoka) works as a salesman for a company in Tokyo. Outside of his work, he enjoys his days with his wife and daughter. Suddenly, Shun Sakuragi is transferred to work in Kagoshima. He is familiar with the city, because he lived there when he was in junior high school. After his transfer, Shun Sakuragi lives alone in Kagoshima and his wife and daughter remain in Tokyo. One day, Shun Sakuragi meets his first love Hana Takeda ([[Yuko Araki]) for the first time in 17 years. She works as a middle school teacher in Kagoshima and her husband works works as first mate on a boat. Because of her husband's job, she is usually lives by herself. Shun Sakuragi and Hana Takeda share happy and bitter memories of their teenage days together. Things become heated, when Hana Takeda decides to visit him late at night. She also hides a secret.

Meanwhile, Shun Sakuragi’s wife begins to worry that her husband is cheating on her. She becomes suspicious because of their phone calls and emails. She decides to visit him in Kagoshima.

Notes

"Tanshin Hanabi" takes over TV Asahi's Saturday 23:00 time slot previously occupied by "Knockin' on Locked Door."
Based on manga series "Tanshin Hanabi: Sakuragi Shun no Tanshin Funin Kagoshima" by Takashi Iwashige (published September 10, 2006 - April 25, 2008 in magazine Big Comics).