First Kiss

Synopsis

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.

Title: ファースト・キス
Title (English): First Kiss
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-09 to 2007-Sep-17
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kokoro by Kazumasa Oda

Cast:

Inoue Mao as Fukunaga Mio
Ito Hideaki as Kano Kazuki
Hiraoka Yuta as Yuki Akio
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Takagi Renko
Gekidan Hitori as Shindo Ichiryu
Abe Sadao as Nikaido Masaru
Takenaka Naoto as Banba Dai
Natsuki Mari as Fukunaga Rieko
Sakai Wakana as Saito Haruna
Warabino Tomoya as Shohata Takeo

Guests:

Gashuin Tatsuya (ep1)
Marie (ep1)
Endo Yuya (ep2)
Kashiwabara Shuji (ep3)
Daito Shunsuke (ep5)
Watanabe Izumi (渡部いずみ) (ep5)
Iketani Nobue (池谷のぶえ) (ep6)
Shiba Toshio (ep6-10)
Sugawara Eiji (ep7)
Saito Yua (齊藤夢愛) (ep7-8)

OST:
01 - First Kiss
02 - Perfect Day
03 - Main Title From 'First Kiss'
04 - Tomorrow
05 - Don't Cry
06 - Hanabi
07 - No Smoking
08 - Photograph
09 - The Three Stooges
10 - Hanabi 16 Years Ago
11 - Prelude
12 - 50%
13 - An Old House
14 - The Day After Tomorrow
15 - Trio Rag Bpm 100
16 - Trio Rag Bpm 120
17 - Kiss Me
18 - Kokoro

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