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Around 40

Around 40

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Overview

Ogata Satoko is a 39 years-old woman. She is happily enjoying the single life. However, things change after an alumni reunion wher she's the last single and a meet with Okamura Keitaro.

Created by Atsuko Hashibe
Written by Atsuko Hashibe
Produced by Katsuaki Setoguchi
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Satoko Ogata

Naohito Fujiki

Naohito Fujiki

Keitaro Okamura

Michitaka Tsutsui

Michitaka Tsutsui

Sadao Ohashi

Mariko Kaga

Mariko Kaga

Haruko Yoshinaga

Masaya Katō

Masaya Katō

Kazuya Kanasugi

Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise

Yukari Minami

J

Jun Hashizume

Shozo Kanbayashi

Tomomi Maruyama

Tomomi Maruyama

Takafumi Shinjo

Satoshi Jinbo

Satoshi Jinbo

Akio Takeuchi

Nene Otsuka

Nene Otsuka

Nao Morimura

Themes & Keywords

romcomromance

About Around 40

Around 40 is a comedy, romance series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of romcom, romance. Created by Atsuko Hashibe, it stars Yuki Amami, Naohito Fujiki, Michitaka Tsutsui. Ogata Satoko is a 39 years-old woman. She is happily enjoying the single life. However, things change after an alumni reunion wher she's the last single and a meet with Okamura Keitaro.

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