Modern Love Tokyo

Japanese anthology television series

  • Romantic comedy
  • Anthology
Created byAtsuko HirayanagiBased onModern LoveCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of seasons1No. of episodes7ProductionExecutive producerAtsuko HirayanagiProduction locationsTokyo, JapanProduction companies
  • Amazon Studios
  • Robot Communications
Original releaseNetworkAmazon Prime VideoRelease21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

Modern Love Tokyo (モダンラブ・東京, Modanrabu Tōkyō) is a Japanese romantic comedy anthology streaming television series. It is based on the American television series Modern Love, which itself is based on the weekly column of the same name published by The New York Times.

The first season began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 21 October 2022.[1]

Cast

Episode 1

  • Asami Mizukawa as Mari Takada
  • Meiko Kaji as Masako
  • Wakana Matsumoto as Kaori
  • Atsuko Maeda as Sayaka
  • Shinobu Terajima as Touko

Episode 2

  • Nana Eikura as Kana Sato
  • Tasuku Emoto as Keisuke

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Nursing My Son, and Some Grievances"Atsuko HirayanagiAtsuko Hirayanagi21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
2"What I've Learned From Sleeping With Married Men"Ryūichi HirokiHisako Kurosawa21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
3"How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best"Nobuhiro YamashitaYukari Tatsui21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
4"My Hibernating Wife"Naoko OgigamiNaoko Ogigami21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
5"For 13 Days, I Believed Him"Kiyoshi KurosawaKiyoshi Kurosawa21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
6"He Saved His Last Lesson For Me"Atsuko HirayanagiAtsuko Hirayanagi21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
7"He's Playing Our Song"Naoko YamadaNaoko Ogigami21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)

Production

In March 2022, it was announced that Amazon Prime Video had greenlit six Japanese original series, including Modern Love Tokyo.[2] A teaser video for the series was released on 30 March 2022.[3]

It is the third remake of Modern Love to premiere,[1] after Modern Love Mumbai[4] and Modern Love Hyderabad.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Bahr, Sarah (20 October 2022). "'Modern Love' Goes Global in New Television Series". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (30 March 2022). "Amazon Japan Reboots 'Takeshi's Castle,' Sets 'Modern Love Tokyo,' 'Bake Off,' Live Boxing". Variety.
  3. ^ 『モダンラブ・東京』- 特別映像 ["Modern Love Tokyo" - Special Video] (in Japanese). 30 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Navlakha, Meera (17 May 2022). "'Modern Love Mumbai' review: the fight for love in the city of dreams sometimes falls short". Mashable.
  5. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (8 July 2022). "'Modern Love Hyderabad' series review: Cheery stories with happy endings". The Hindu.

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