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Hard to Say I Love You

Hard to Say I Love You

20107.41 Season11 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company that sells medical equipment to disinterested doctors, and at the same time, trying to take care of his younger sister. This is a story about the blossoming friendship of five young people who were brought together by Twitter, and their journey to finding honesty with each other and with themselves.

Created by Eriko Kitagawa
Written by Eriko Kitagawa
Produced by Toshiyuki Nakano
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Nakajima Keisuke / "Nakaji"

Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

Mizuno Tsukiko / "Haru"

Tetsuji Tamayama

Tetsuji Tamayama

Ichihara Kaoru / "Linda"

HERO Jaejoong

HERO Jaejoong

Park Seonsu / "Doctor"

Megumi Seki

Megumi Seki

Nishimura Hikari / "Peach"

Mayumi Asaka

Mayumi Asaka

Ichihara Misako

Haruka Kinami

Haruka Kinami

Park Minha

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa

Ryosuke Nakajima

Ryo Ryusei

Ryo Ryusei

Masafumi Takahashi

Eri Watanabe

Eri Watanabe

Mariko Okuda

Themes & Keywords

friendshipromance

About Hard to Say I Love You

Hard to Say I Love You is a drama series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of friendship, romance. Created by Eriko Kitagawa, it stars Eita Nagayama, Juri Ueno, Tetsuji Tamayama. Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company that sells medical equipment to disinterested doctors, and at the same time, trying to take care of his younger sister. This is a story about the blossoming friendship of five young people who were brought together by Twitter, and their journey to finding honesty with each other and with themselves.

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