Hatachi no Koibito

Details

Title: ハタチの恋人
Title (romaji): Hatachi no Koibito
Also known as: 20-year-old Lover
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romantic comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 08.2(Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-14 to 2007-Dec-16
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song:
- Opening theme: Because It's Not Love by The Pipettes
- Insert song: Pick It Up by Fergie

Synopsis

Hatachi no Koibito tells the story of Inoue Keisuke, a married salaryman. At the age of 50, he begins thinking about his purpose in life. By chance, he encounters Sawada Yuri, a 20-year-old graphic design student full of hopes and dreams for the future. Because of her resemblance to his girlfriend from long ago, he finds his heart unexpectedly beating faster... --Tokyograph

User/Viewer Ratings

4.00

(2 votes)

Cast

Correlation Chart

Akashiya Sanma as Inoue Keisuke
Nagasawa Masami as Sawada Yuri
Tsukamoto Takashi as Kawamura Yukio
Morishita Aiko as Inoue Sayuri
Kimura Midoriko as Ms. Nakajima
Kurose Manami as Inoue Risa
Koizumi Kyoko as Sawada Eri
Megumi Toshiaki as the convenience store employee
Ichimura Masachika as Suzuki Futa
Fukui Hiroaki as the INF Tokyo employee
Gamo Mayu (蒲生麻由) as Takeuchi Miki
Watanabe Hitoshi (渡邉等士) as Inoue Yusuke

Guests

Kikuchi Kinya as the INF Tokyo GM (ep1-4,10)
Nakamura Masaya (ep1-4,7)
Arakawa Yoshihiko (荒川仁彦) (ep1,3-4,7)
Toyama Toshiya (ep1)
Ogino Nao (荻野なお) (ep1)
Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) (ep1)
Nakamura Taizo (中村泰三) (ep1)
Uemura Rinko (植村りんこ) (ep1,3-4,7)
Yoshimi Sumimaro (吉見純麿) (ep1)
Kurosawa Sachiko (黒澤佐知子) (ep1,3-4,7)
Nanami Kaoru (七海かおる) (ep1)
Tsubokura Yoshiyuki (ep1)
Yatabe Shun (ep1)
Sugiyama Hiroyuki (杉山裕之) (ep1)
Nishitani Aruto (西谷有統) (ep1)
Yamazaki Shizuka (山崎静香) (ep1,4,7)
Shimozuka Kyohei (下塚恭平) (ep1)
Yasoda Yuichi (ep2-3)
Shibata Jiro (ep2)
Kikawa Junichi (ep2)
Takaki Masahiro (高木将大) (ep2)
Shiina Taizo (椎名泰三) (ep3,10)
Otsuka Hiroshi (大塚洋) (ep3)
Takada Ikue (髙田郁恵) (ep3)
Yanagida Tsutomu (柳田努) (ep4)
Tachibana Ayano (ep4-5)
Sunaga Kei (ep5)
Kanno Tatsuya (菅野達也) (ep5)
Hamada Maha (濱田万葉) (ep5)
Nishihara Chieko (西原ちえこ) (ep5)
Tsuji Yoshihito (ep5)
Tanaka Mitsutaka (田中充貴) (ep5)
Morikawa Kazuma (森川数間) (ep6-7)
Masuda Naohiro (升田尚宏) (ep6)
Ono Chizuru (小野ちづる) (ep6)
Seiwa Taichi (清和太一) (ep8)
Nakayama Katsumi (ep10)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yoshida Noriko (ep1-10), Yamamoto Kiyokazu (ep4)
Producer: Yagi Yasuo, Shimizu Masaya (清水雅哉)
Director: Kiyohiro Makoto (ep1-4,7-8,10), Takezono Hajime (ep5,10). Yamamuro Daisuke (ep6,9-10)

Episode Titles

Ep. 01: I loved you before I even met you
Ep. 02: The first date
Ep. 03: A love born of lies
Ep. 04: The night we learn of Papa's secret
Ep. 05: Tearful embrace
Ep. 06: A man who summons the storms
Ep. 07: Could she be his daughter?
Ep. 08: Mother's truth
Ep. 09: Fateful reunion
Ep. 10: Virgin road

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	13.5	??.?	??.?
02	10.4	??.?	??.?
03	09.2	??.?	??.?
04	07.4	??.?	??.?
05	07.3	??.?	??.?
06	06.6	??.?	??.?
07	06.4	??.?	??.?
08	06.6	??.?	??.?
09	06.4	??.?	??.?
10	08.2	??.?	??.?
Average	08.2	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Summer 2007	TBS	Winter 2008
Papa to Musume no Nanokakan	Sunday 21:00	Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai