Initiation Love

May 23, 2015

1h 50m

★ 7.5

Overview

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.

Genres

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

TOHO

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Bungeishunju

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

VAP

Office Crescendo

KDDI

Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company

Miyagi Television Broadcasting

Shizuoka Daiichi Television

Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Hiroshima Telecasting

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

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Cast

Suzuki

Shota Matsuda

Mayuko Naruoka

Atsuko Maeda

Miyako Ishimaru

Fumino Kimura

Suzuki

Kanro Morita

Kaido

Takahiro Miura

Bon

Tomoya Maeno

Manager of Shizuoka Branch Office

Noritake Kinashi

Shiho Ishimaru

Satomi Tezuka

Teruhiro Ishimaru

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Yuko

Ayako Yoshitani

Natsuko

Miyabi Matsuura

Kazumi

Kotomi Yaegashi

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