First Love

A teacher/student romance, with the producer having planned it as "a love story only Watabe can play".

[TBS Synopsis]: Kasumi is shocked to discover that her older sister's fiancee is the man she first fell in love with five years ago in high school. At the time, he was her high school teacher and ultimately quit his job racked with guilt over their relationship. Kasumi was deeply hurt and struggled for a long time to overcome her sadness. Now the two of them must come to terms with their secret past before the ones they care about in the present are hurt.

STARRING: Fukada Kyoko, Watabe Atsuro, Wakui Emi, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Ono Takehiko, Omori Akemi, Kuga Yoko, Kondo Yoshimasa, Uehara Misa, Ichinohe Nami, Naito Yoko, Uchida Asahi, Amano Hironari, Mano Yuuko, Serizawa Meijin, Nishiyama Mayuko, Mita Atsuko, Sato Jiro.
THEME SONG: "Sakura Drops" by Utada Hikaru
NETWORK: Fuji TV
DURATION: April through July 2002
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