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Around 40

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Around 40

2008- 2008

1 Seasons

11 Episodes

7.7(3 votes)

Ended

Comedy

Romance

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.

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Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Jun Hashizume

Shozo Kanbayashi

Tomomi Maruyama

Tomomi Maruyama

Takafumi Shinjo

Satoshi Jinbo

Satoshi Jinbo

Akio Takeuchi

Nene Otsuka

Nene Otsuka

Nao Morimura

Creative team

Written by: Atsuko Hashibe
Produced by: Katsuaki Setoguchi

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