- Operation Love
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Operation Love Genre Comedy, romance Country of origin Japan Language(s) Japanese No. of episodes 11 + 1 SP Broadcast Original channel Fuji Television Operation Love (プロポーズ大作戦 Puropōzu Daisakusen) is a Japanese TV drama series that was aired on Fuji TV. The series started on April 16, 2007 and ended with 11 episodes on June 24, 2007. A special (SP) aired on March 25, 2008.
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Plot
Overview
Ken Iwase is at his friend, Rei Yoshida's marriage ceremony. However, he in fact still loves her and regrets not having confessed his feelings towards her. A fairy lets him travel back in time and try one more time to get Rei's heart.
Episode synopsis
Each episode Ken travels to each photo that will appear in the slideshow that Mikio made, so that he can correct every regret in each photo.
# Title 1 "Can I get married if we had gone to the Koshien!?" Ken rushes to Rei's wedding and through the ceremony he suffers regret at never being able to articulate his feelings. A magical being in the church takes pity of him and allows him to "time slip" through certain photos. This gives Ken a second chance to relive key moments in his lives. Initially Ken returns to the final game of the season where he has another opportunity to win the game and make the playoffs. 2 "Can I get married through coffee milk!?" The photograph on the slide show showing an angry Rei bothered by Ken. He returns to the past where Rei asked him for a coffee milk. He thought, this coffee milk was his way of changing his present and making him the man who sits beside Rei. 3 "Can I get married if I switch seats?" Ken returns to the past wherein they met Tada-sensei, Rei's groom. Ken tried his very best to avoid making Rei and Tada-sensei close. But in the end, it was Tada-sensei who made him see the smile he never saw 6 years ago. 4 "Can I get married by the second button?" Ken returns to his highschool graduation where boys give their second button to the girl they like. He gave his button to another girl making Rei disappointed. He gives his best shot in order to touch Rei's heart. 5 "Are those who say they'll do it tomorrow idiots?" Ken is given a second chance to let Rei say goodbye to her grandfather. 6 "From what do I graduate on my last day as a teen?" Ken returns to just before Rei's birthday and also on her eve of her major architectural project. 7 "When will love and fireworks scatter?" Ken returns to a fireworks festival before Tada confesses his feelings to Rei. 8 "Are the tears I shed on New Year's Eve the real thing?" Ken returns to their past celebration of new year's eve. He intentionally let his friends go and see the new year's sunrise by themselves, hoping that he would forget all about Rei. 9 "What can I bet at the last moment?" Ken returns to just before Tada proposes to Rei. 10 "Last Hallelujah Chance" Ken returns to the last photo of the slideshow where they are in Tada's party, Tada introduces Rei to all his friends. In the middle of the event Ken dragged Rei into their elementary school. 11 "Will a tearful confession call a miracle?" Ken plans to have a "coming from behind victory" over Rei, but as he heard Rei's opinion about regrets, Ken decided not to change the past but to act in the present. So Ken returns to just before he has to give a speech at the wedding banquet. SP Synopsis
A year later, the characters are in Hawaii for Hisashi's and Eri's wedding ceremony. The fairy appears and allows Ken to travel back in time to save the couple's relationship.
# Title SP "Should I visit the moment of the vow of eternal love?" Ken returns to one week before the wedding ceremony, as he tries to save the couple's relationship, he also faced Rei's parents for the first time after the unfinished wedding of Rei and Tada. Ken also finally proposed a wedding to Rei. Characters
Main character
Ken Iwase
- Ken Iwase (岩瀬 健 Iwase Ken)
- The lead protagonist of this drama. Ken's biggest regret is never being able to confess his feelings to his Rei. Rei calls him Ken-Zou as a term of endearment. He was on the baseball team in high school and is currently a salesperson for electronic whiteboards. During Rei's wedding he is given the chance to relive key moments of his life by entering into different photos in one of the presentations. He is extremely kind hearted even helping Tetsuya Tada knowing that in the future Tada will be his main rival for Rei's affection.
Rei Yoshida- Rei Yoshida (吉田 礼 Yoshida Rei)
Rei has been a childhood friend of Ken's. Their initial meeting is where Ken breaking his eraser in half and sharing it with Rei. She has secretly loved Ken as well but has never been able to articulate her feelings for him. Her seat in high school was always next to Ken's. In university she studied architecture and won a major architectural award during the course of her studies. At the end of the series she realizes that she never took the risk of telling Ken her feelings and runs out of her wedding to chase after him.
Other characters
- Eri Oku (奥 エリ Oku Eri)
- Eri has always been the person of Hisashi's affection. She finally decides to go out with him after he stops her from returning to an ex-boyfriend. She is also the best friend of Rei since high school.
- Enokido Mikio (榎戸 幹雄 Mikio Enokido)
- Mikio begins to figure out that Ken is "slipping through time" and decides to assist him in his quest to change the future. He is also Ken's best friend because he is the only one who knows the feelings of Ken towards Rei.
- Hisashi Tsurumi (鶴見 尚 Tsurumi Hisashi)
- One of Ken's friends. He has always had a crush on Eri even after initial rejections.
- Tetsuya Tada (多田 哲也 Tada Tetsuya)
- Originally a student teacher at Ken's high school, Tada becomes friends with Ken's group and eventually marries Rei.
Credits
Cast
- Tomohisa Yamashita (山下智久) as Ken Iwase
- Kaito Kitamura () as Ken Iwase (primary school)
- Masami Nagasawa (長澤まさみ) as Rei Yoshida
- Tamaki Matsumoto () as Rei Yoshida (primary school)
- Kurumi Hashimoto () as Rei Yoshida (childhood)
- Nana Eikura (栄倉奈々) as Eri Oku
- Yūta Hiraoka (平岡裕太) as Enokido Mikio
- Gaku Hamada () as Hisashi Tsurumi
- Naohito Fujiki () as Tetsuya Tada
- Hiroshi Mikami () as the Yosei/Fairy
- Yutaka Matsushige () as Matsunori Itou
- Shigenori Yamazaki () as 御法川潤蔵 (The master of ceremonies in the wedding)
- Leo Morimoto () as Takashirei Yoshida
- Yoshiko Miyazaki () as Reina Yoshida
- Gota Watabe () as Socrates
- Fumina Hara () as Yuko Matsuki (Mikio's girlfriend)
- Kenichiro Kikuchi () as Tamotsu Nishio
- Issa Troare () as the marathon runner
- Tomoya Takeuchi as classmate
- Masahiro Okawa (大川雅大) as classmate
- Kenta Arai (荒井賢太) as classmate
- Ayaka Ikezawa as classmate
- Yuko Masumoto as classmate
Awards
- 53rd annual Japanese Television Academy Awards
- Best Drama
- Best Theme Song by Keisuke Kuwata.[1]
- Special Award
- 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-June 7)
- Best Drama
- Best Actor - Yamashita Tomohisa
- Best Actress - Nagasawa Masami
- Best Supporting Actor - Hamada Gaku
- Best Supporting Actress - Eikura Nana
References
- ^ Asian Drama Reviews (January 21, 2008). "Proposal Daisakusen". Takiyama Madoka, Misao Reiko. http://asiandramareviews.com/japanese-doramas/proposal-daisakusen.html. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
External links
Categories:- Japanese television dramas
- Japanese television series
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