Love
Revolution
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By
Wm. Penn (Daily Yomiuri): Makiko
Esumi plays a smart, talented 32-year-old doctor. Everyone
around her thinks she has no need for a man in her life but
she seems to think so. So when she visits the church of St.
Valentine in Rome with her flight attendant pal, they pray
for love. A woman dressed up like the witch in "Snow White"
waits for them outside the door to predict Makiko will soon
be riding up to the church in a bridal carriage. |
Back
in Tokyo, the subplots get more complicated. After saving the
chubby owner of an exclusive Italian restaurant from a nasty gastritis
attack on the plane, he introduces her to the secretary of a Diet
member and a struggling actor-cum-bartender. Then there is the
crafty news reporter (more aggressive than any we have seen of
late) who is after the inside scandal scoop on the Diet member.
He is determined to get it anyway he can, even if it means passionately
kissing a stranger (Makiko) in the hospital hallway.
- [FUJI
TV Synopsis]: A
romantic comedy about women in their 30's For everyone who still remembers
"Suteki na Kataomoi," "Tokyo Love Story," "101st Proposal," prepare
yourselves for even more of those same touching moments again. Breaking
the tradition of the main character for a Monday night drama being
a woman in her 20's, Makiko Esumi stars as Kyoko Asaoka, a 32-year-old
heart surgeon working at a hospital in Tokyo. Men tend to shy away
from the tall, well-educated and well-paid Kyoko because they see
her as a woman that can do things on her own. The truth of the matter
is that Kyoko is just unlucky in love. She is also old-fashioned,
and wants to fall in love just like anyone else, but has a hard time
showing her real self to men.
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STARRING:
Esumi Makiko, Yonekura
Ryoko, Fujiki Naohito, Oshio Manabu, Sakai Miki, Yamamoto Keeichi,
Yamazaki Ginnojo, Toda Maiko, Matsumoto Rumi, Nishioka Tokuma
and more.
NETWORK: FUJI TV
THEME SONG: "Kiss of Life" by Hirai
Ken / "Way to Love" by Karasawa Miho
DURATION: April through June 2001
REVIEWS:
[From
Rick Frankum] The biggest letdown of the year. The boy gets the
girl, but throughout the series we've seen that the boy isn't
worth getting. Not only that, but these oh-so-ambitious characters
give up their day jobs to do it. (0 stars)
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