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I Want to be Loved to Love

2003, Japanese, on TBS.

Motoharu Akiyama is an elite pilot who has just completed astronaut training at NASA. Something happened in his past that caused him to go out searching for the meaning and purpose of life. However, he hasn't been able to find a satisfactory reply and the void in his heart has only expanded. But Akiyama has a meeting that changes his life. He meets Reiko Nishina, a director at an investment bank, who is looking at investing in an attempt at the first Japanese space shuttle launch. Although the meeting was pure chance, it affects Reiko greatly. She realizes that although it looks like she has everything, there is something she wants that she doesn't have. And this meeting has an effect on those around them also...

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Seasons
1
Episodes
10
Episode length
54 min
Status
Ended in 2003

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S1 E10: Episode 10

Aired 4 September 2003

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First aired
3 July 2003
Last aired
4 September 2003
Network
TBS
Original title
愛するために愛されたい
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted

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