Ushinawareta Yakusoku

失われた約束

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Network	KTV
Broadcast	16 Sep 2003
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Fan score	7.0 from 1 review

Synopsis

Ushinawareta Yakusoku will air Tuesday, Sept. 16, 9-10:48 p.m. Tokyo obstetrician Mayumi (Hitomi Kuroki) travels to Kyoto and is dumbstruck when she notices Koji (Etsushi Toyokawa) in the car next to hers. He is her "late" husband who went missing in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. Presumed to have died in the rubble, he is now driving down the road in a vehicle marked "Shinohara Pottery." She uses this clue to track him down and discovers he has a new life, a new wife (Ryoko Hirosue) and, evidently, no memory. This one should be good.

Synopsis: Daily Yomiuri On-Line

Cast & characters 7 credited

Fan reviews 1 review

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Excellent One-Episode Drama

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SushiMaki · 2003

If you don't have the time to follow those 10+ episode TV series, this is one emotional one-episode TV movie that you will enjoy. It is well-directed and well-acted, plus this is one story where you can relate to dilemnas in life when you have to sacrifice your love to achieve fairness, and hopefully happiness.

Hitomi is the wife (doctor) who thought she lost her husband in the famous Kobe earthquake. I have seen her in Good Luck!, but I did not realize she can be one terrific dramatic actress. Etsushi, the husband (businessman), portrayed convincingly a man who suffered from amnesia, but decided what is fair at the end. I never saw him before, but is he popular? Ryoko, who saved Etsushi from the quake and married him after, is her usual self, cute and squeaky. I have seen her in Otoosan and Moto Kare.

Lastly, I am really impressed with Japanese TV movie production and direction, the way they spend money just to shoot different angles of the performer's expressions or to emphasize the scene's message.