Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/kataomoi
Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, 21 October 2017
Station
WOWOW
Story
Sports writer Nishiwaki Tetsuro got married to Risako who was the manager of the American football club which he belonged to as a university student, but they are not on good terms. One day, Nishiwaki is on the way home after a reunion with American football club teammates including Hayata Yukihiro and Sugai Makoto. He and Sugai sneak into the university grounds and run into Hiura Mizuki who was a former manager of the club. She radiates a strange aura. Then she makes a shocking confession to them, “I killed a person.” In addition, at Nishiwaki’s house, Mizuki reveals to Nishiwaki, Sugai and Risako that she has a gender identity disorder and is living as a man now. She works at a club as a male bartender and killed a customer who was stalking a hostess Saeki Kaori at an unseen place. At first, the three of them feel disturbed and at a loss for words. But together with Nakao Kosuke, another teammate who was also Mizuki’s ex-boyfriend, they make the decision to protect their brilliant youth and friend. Then Mizuki goes missing. In the course of searching for her, Nishiwaki is faced a series of distressing facts. What decision will Mizuki and the team members reach?
Characters
Nakatani Miki as Hiura Mizuki/Kanzaki Mitsuru
She has a gender identity disorder and feels that she is a man. But she has spent her life covering this up from the people around her. She got married and even had a child. However, she ran away from home and now works at a Ginza club called Cat’s Eye under the male name Kanzaki Mitsuru.
Kiritani Kenta as Nishiwaki Tetsuro
A former ace quarterback of Teito University’s American football club. He is now a sports writer. His relationship with his wife Risako, who was a former manager of the club, is strained. He had once slept with Hiura Mizuki.
Kuninaka Ryoko as Nishiwaki Risako
Nishiwaki Tetsuro’s wife. A former manager of the American football club. She was an idol to the club’s members back in the day. She is now a freelance cameraman.
Otani Ryohei as Hayata Yukihiro
A former tight end of Teito University’s American football club. A newspaper reporter who does not belong to the press club. He is in charge of covering cases like a roving reporter. He is a level-headed man who is not swayed by emotions. He used to have a one-sided love for Nishiwaki Risako when they were university students.
Suzuki Kosuke as Nakao Kosuke
A former running back of Teito University’s American football club. He got married to the daughter of the executive of a major food company and has taken their family name Takagi. He had dated Hiura Mizuki when they were in school.
Wada Masato as Sugai Makoto
A former kicker of Teito University’s American football club. He works for a general insurance company. He is a good family man who cherishes his family. He is but can behave carelessly.
Nakamura Ann as Saeki Kaori
A hostess at the Ginza club Cat’s Eye. She was being stalked by a man called Tokura who was a victim in murder case. She soon finds out about the shocking hidden truth … …
Mashima Hidekazu as Hirokawa Yukio
Hiura Mizuki’s husband. They live apart now.
Takatsuki Sara as Suenaga Mutsumi
A high school student in a track and field club who has a sexual development disorder and has both male and female reproductive organs. She accepts and interview from Nishiwaki Tetsuro and in the course of their conversation, she provides information that becomes a clue to shedding light on the murder case which Hiura Mizuki confessed to.
Scriptwriter
Yoshida Noriko (Chushingura no Koi, Manmakoto, Henshin)
Original Work
Kataomoi by Higashino Keigo
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