Kataomoi

Details

 * Title: 片想い
 * Title (romaji): Kataomoi
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Mystery
 * Episodes: 6
 * Broadcast network: WOWOW
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-21 to 2017-Nov-25
 * Air time: Saturday 22:00

Synopsis
Sports writer Nishiwaki Tetsuro got married to Risako who was the manager of the American football club which he belonged to as a university student, but they are not on good terms. One day, Nishiwaki is on the way home after a reunion with American football club teammates including Hayata Yukihiro and Sugai Makoto. He and Sugai sneak into the university grounds and run into Hiura Mizuki who was a former manager of the club. He radiates a strange aura. Then he makes a shocking confession to them, “I killed a person.” In addition, at Nishiwaki’s house, Mizuki reveals to Nishiwaki, Sugai and Risako that he has gender dysphoria and is living as a man now. He works at a club as a bartender and killed a customer who was stalking a hostess Saeki Kaori at an unseen place. At first, the three of them feel disturbed and at a loss for words. But together with Nakao Kosuke, another teammate who was also Mizuki’s ex-boyfriend, they make the decision to protect their brilliant youth and friend. Then Mizuki goes missing. In the course of searching for him, Nishiwaki is faced a series of distressing facts. What decision will Mizuki and the team members reach? --JDrama Weblog

Cast

 * Nakatani Miki as Hiura Mizuki / Kanzaki Mitsuru
 * Kiritani Kenta as Nishiwaki Tetsuro
 * Kuninaka Ryoko as Nishiwaki Risako
 * Otani Ryohei as Hayata Yukihiro
 * Suzuki Kosuke as Nakao Kosuke
 * Wada Masato as Sugai Makoto
 * Nakamura Anne as Saeki Kaori
 * Takatsuki Sara as Suenaga Mutsumi
 * Mashima Hidekazu as Hirokawa Yukio
 * Akahori Masaaki (赤堀雅秋)
 * Sakai Miki (ep4-)
 * Oka Mitsuko
 * Tanaka Yoji as Mochizuki
 * Akiyoshi Kumiko
 * Tanaka Min
 * Hashizume Isao as Mizuki's father

Production Credits

 * Original work: Novel Kataomoi by Higashino Keigo
 * Screenwriter: Yoshida Noriko
 * Director: Nagata Koto (永田琴)
 * Music: Ichikawa Kazunori (市川和則)