Wonderful Single Life - Kekkon Shinai

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Drama: Wonderful Single Life (English title) / Do Not Get Married (literal title)
Romaji: Kekkon Shinai
Japanese: 結婚しない
Director: Yusuke Ishii, Ryo Tanaka, Munenori Sekino
Writer: Takako Yamazaki, Riko Sakaguchi
Producer: Toshiyuki Nakano
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: October 11 - December 20, 2012
Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 11.8% (weekly average)
Genre: Single Women
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

"Kekkon Shinai" follows the lives of single people in their 30's and 40's.

Chiharu Tanaka (Miho Kanno) is a single woman about to turn 35-years-old. She sees her friends getting married and giving birth. Watching them, she becomes restless, but she can't get married.

Haruko Kirishima (Yuki Amami) is a 44-year-old single woman.She is philosophical about marriage, giving birth, and dating. She doesn't marry.

Junpei Kudo (Hiroshi Tamaki) is a single man who can't afford to get married.

Cast



Miho Kanno	Yuki Amami	Hiroshi Tamaki
Chiharu Tanaka	Haruko Kirishima	Junpei Kudo



Mantaro Koichi	Ayaka Miyoshi	Ayumi Ito	Ayano Fukuda	Ryo Ishibashi
Shuji Tanigawa	Mai Sakura	Mizuki Kono	Mariko Suzumura	Toru Higuchi



Yoshie Ichige	Meiko Kaji	Jingi Irie	Shihou Harumi	Yuri Nakamura
Noriko Tanaka	Yoko Kirishima	Shun Morita	Suguru Tanaka	Chinatsu Tanaka



Sho Aoyagi	Miwako Ichikawa	Masahiro Higashide	Yuuki Nagae	Sharo
Yoichiro Tachibana	Tsugumi Watanabe	Hiroki Yamada	Shota Sato	Tomomi Suzuki

Additional Cast Members:

Issei Takubo - Yoshio Kudo
Jyunichirou Nakano - Harada
Hitomi Hasebe - Hitomi Kikuchi (ep.1)
Yoshihiko Hakamada - Yuji Kubo (ep.1)
Koichiro Kanzaki - (ep.1)
Mayuko Nishiyama - Yukari Ishikawa (ep.1-2,6)
Mari Nishio - Mikako (ep.1-2)
Shunsuke Nakamura - Keisuke Kojima (ep.1,3)
Chieko Ichikawa - Fusae Kirishima (ep.1,3)
Yu Tokui - police officer (ep1,11)
Mansaku Ikeuchi - Takashi Asai (ep.2)
Misato Tate - ep.3
Miku Aono - ep.3
So Yamanaka - Hideo Sawai (ep.3,5,10)
Hidekazu Mashima - Ryohei Kudo (ep.4,11)
Izumi Fujimoto - Manami Higuchi (ep.5)
Mariko Tsutsui - Shiori Higuchi (ep.5)
Yoko Tajitsu - nurse (ep.6)
Satoshi Tokushige - Seiji Takahara (ep.7-11)
Arata Saeki - manager of H.I.S (ep.7,9,11)
Koh Takasugi - Kazuo Kobayashi (ep.8)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	10/11/2012	13.0%
02	10/18/2012	13.6%
03	10/25/2012	10.3%
04	11/01/2012	10.9%
05	11/08/2012	12.2%
06	11/15/2012	11.3%
07	11/22/2012	10.9%
08	11/29/2012	10.6%
09	12/06/2012	12.7%
10	12/13/2012	12.6%
11	12/20/2012	11.7%
Average		11.8%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Samshil Apr 14 2015 4:26 am I remember watching this series 2 years ago. I watched it for Tamaki Hiroshi. I love how the drama was able to teach the viewers about life, especially the issue of marriage. I was delighted on the flowers that are being shown in every episode, including the flower language of the flowers. I didn't know that flowers have a flower language. ^^

Coolkingdragon Jun 06 2014 2:00 am @Elina Leung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7e1LIVnDk

Paper Airplane by Kobukuro

Elina Leung Mar 12 2014 10:06 am I like it especially the opening song. Please tell me the title of the song

Harue Nov 06 2012 7:30 pm The age thing is just something part of Japanese culture, actually marriages into their 30's are now becoming more prominent in Japan. But I agree, this series is very enjoyable, particularly after episode 2! :D

DaDa Oct 24 2012 7:45 pm I'm really enjoying this series after watching 2 episodes but what I find really annoying is that they make it look like a 35 year old single woman is not good enough because she is too "old". First of all, 35 is not old. Second of all, people don't only fall in love between the ages of 18-30. People can find love at any age. Sorry I just had to let that out.

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