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Love Strikes!

Love Strikes!

2011•1h 58m•7.6/10
ComedyRomanceDrama

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7.6/10(40)

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.

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Production

Office Crescendo, Toho Pictures, TV Tokyo, TOHO, dentsu, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), PARCO, Yahoo! Japan, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, Nikkatsu Studio

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Yukiyo Fujimoto

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Miyuki Matsuo

Kumiko Aso

Kumiko Aso

Rumiko

Riisa Naka

Riisa Naka

Ai

Yoko Maki

Yoko Maki

Motoko

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Yuichi Shimada

Nobuaki Kaneko

Nobuaki Kaneko

Daisuke Yamashita

Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Takuya Sumida

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

Itsuka Nakashiba

Yuka Kashino

Yuka Kashino

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi

Naoko Hayashida

Avu-chan

Avu-chan

Avu-chan

Maruichiro Maruo

Maruichiro Maruo

Yui Sobue

Masaaki Akahori

Masaaki Akahori

Seijun Nobukawa

Seijun Nobukawa

Haruka Ueda

Kanako Higashi

Uni Denda

Chika Uchida

Chika Uchida

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