I Want to be Loved to Love
TV series
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...
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Episode length
- 54 min
- Status
- Ended in 2003
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Latest episode
S1 E10: Episode 10
Aired 4 September 2003
Seasons 1
Details
- 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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I Want to be Loved to Love: quick answers
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How many seasons of I Want to be Loved to Love are there?
I Want to be Loved to Love has 1 season and 10 episodes, about 54 minutes each.
Is I Want to be Loved to Love finished?
Yes. I Want to be Loved to Love ended in 2003, so you can watch the whole story.
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