Mother and Lover

マザー&ラヴァー · Between his Mother and his Lover

  • Winter
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  • Autumn 2004
NetworkKTV
Broadcast5 Oct 2004 – 21 Dec 2004
Episodes12 episodes
ViewershipAverage 12.1%
Fan score 9.0 from 2 reviews

Synopsis

Parental love is a universal theme. There are a lot of stories about father and son, mother and daughter, but few about mother and son. In Japan at least, men who love and cherish their mother are regarded as "mamma's boys": wishy-washy guys who run home to mommy whenever they have a problem.

What do the "mamma's boys" have to say? "All men are mamma's boys! If we can't love our own mother, how can we love our girlfriend and wives?!"

Shingo Okazaki is a 28-year old guy who isn't ashamed to say openly that he loves his mother very much. One woman falls in love with him. It's 31-year old Hitomi Sugiura. She thinks it's beautiful that her boyfriend values his relationship with his mother, but is irritated because Shingo always puts his mother before herself. She is starting to have second thoughts about marrying Shingo.

Synopsis: Fuji TV

Cast & characters 7 credited

Theme song

  • “Sounds of Love - Shiawase ni tsuite” Sounds of Love〜しあわせについて〜 — Angelina

Videos 1 on YouTube

Fan reviews 2 reviews

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Entertaining dorama

9 / 10

momoechan · 2005

I enjoyed this dorama cos I liked the story and it also helps that the producers have included eye candies in this dorama to make the show more endearing :)

Ridiculous as it may sound, I think it's amazing that a grown man like Sakaguchi Kenji's character can still shower so much love and attention on his mother. He's definitely a rare bread and it's refreshing to see a man who doesn't mind showing his love for his mom once in a while.

Shinohara Ryoko's character is very comical and she's always a pleasure to watch, it's no wonder she won an award for her role in this dorama.

Overall, this dorama is definitely entertaining and you shouldn't miss it.

Mother Complex revealed...

9 / 10

Kirari Ililah · 2005

I liked this drama, a lot of laughs, and precious moments. Sakaguchi Kenji and Shinohara Ryoko made an excellent pair, nice chemistry between the two actors. Some parts may have seemed too over acted, but hard to notice for you can't keep your eyes off the trio, when something may happen with Shingo's decisions. I enjoyed many of the challenges that Shinohara's character put her lover through, to see if he was the perfect boyfriend, and Sakaguchi played the Mother Complex character very well, it's believeable that he's one too...