Forbidden Love (1999)
Forbidden Love is a 1999 Japanese-language drama series. It stars Nanako Matsushima, Hideaki Takizawa and Naomi Nishida.
Michi, a 26 year old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17 year old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi’s class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society’s judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
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What is Forbidden Love about?
Michi, a 26 year old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17 year old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi’s class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society’s judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
When was Forbidden Love released?
Forbidden Love was released on 8 April 1999.
How many episodes does Forbidden Love have?
Forbidden Love has 11 episodes across 1 seasons.
Cast
- Nanako Matsushima as Michi Hirose
- Hideaki Takizawa as Hikaru Kurosawa
- Naomi Nishida as Kiriko Uda
- Hitomi Kuroki as Kyoko Kurosawa (Hikaru's mother)
- Kenichi Yajima
- Yoichi Nukumizu as Matsuoka Sensei / History Teacher
- Yumi Shirakawa as Motoko Hirose
- Ryosei Tayama as Okajima / High School Director
- Tetsuya Bessho as Masaru Kitai
- Yuichiro Yamaguchi as Yu Godai
- Maiko Yamada as Jun Kinoshita
- Mitsuru Yamazaki as Principal
