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A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.


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.

Eita Nagayama
Nakajima Keisuke / "Nakaji"

Juri Ueno
Mizuno Tsukiko / "Haru"

Tetsuji Tamayama
Ichihara Kaoru / "Linda"

HERO Jaejoong
Park Seonsu / "Doctor"

Megumi Seki
Nishimura Hikari / "Peach"

Mayumi Asaka
Ichihara Misako

Haruka Kinami
Park Minha

Koji Kikkawa
Ryosuke Nakajima

Ryo Ryusei
Masafumi Takahashi

Eri Watanabe
Mariko Okuda
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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