First Kiss (TV series)

This article is about the Japanese television series in 2007. For other uses, see First Kiss (disambiguation).

First Kiss (ファースト・キス, Faasuto Kisu) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji TV in 2007.^[1] Mao Inoue played the lead role for the first time in getsuku drama. The first episode received a viewership rating of 19.7%.^[2]

First Kiss
DVD cover
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yumiko Inoue
Directed by	Hideki Takeuchi Taisuke Kawamura Kentarō Takagi
Starring	Mao Inoue Hideaki Itō Yūta Hiraoka Wakana Sakai
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	11
Production
Producers	Hiroki Wakamatsu Tsugi Shikanai
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	9 July (2007-07-09) – 17 September 2007 (2007-09-17)

Plot

A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of heart.

Cast

• Mao Inoue as Mio Fukunaga
• Hideaki Itō as Kazuki Kanō
• Mari Natsuki as Rieko Fukunaga
• Yūta Hiraoka as Akio Yūki
• Wakana Sakai as Haruna Saitō
• Naoto Takenaka