Osamu Mukai is an award-winning Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, on February 7, 1982, and made his acting debut in 2006. Since then, he has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Why I Dress Up For Love” (2021).

Osamu Mukai

As a successful publicist, Kurumi Mashiba (Haruna Kawaguchi) is proud of the work she has done thus far. Currently working for the interior design company, el Arco Iris, Kurumi has transformed the company’s social presence into a thriving community which adds new followers daily. While Kurumi loves her work, it does keep her busy; so busy, in fact, that she completely forgets that the contract on her apartment is about to expire.&nbsp;

Letting the contract expire, purely on accident, Kurumi has no choice but to find a new place to live. But with such a hectic schedule, she doesn’t have any time to start looking. Aware of her friend’s dilemma, Kouko Saotome (Yui Natsukawa) asks Kurumi to move in with her. Happy to accept Koko’s invitation, Kurumi wastes no time in moving in but is shocked when she realizes Koko actually lives in a luxury apartment shared by three other people: Shun Fujino (Ryusei Yokohama), a minimalist chef looking to live a simple life, Haruto Terai (Ryuhei Maruyama), an online counselor and Shun’s cousin, and Ayaka Hase (Anne Nakamura), an aspiring contemporary artist who works part-time as a delivery driver for a high-end supermarket.&nbsp;

With so many unique individuals living under the same roof, conflict is inevitable but working through their issues allows each housemate the chance to grow as individuals. As Kurumi begins to build real relationships with her housemates, the well-dressed armor she uses to protect herself begins to fall away, leaving her heart open for the most unexpected thing of all: love. How will Kurumi react when she realizes someone in her life has inadvertently stolen her heart?

A story of friendship, growth, and love, “Why I Dress Up For Love” is a 2021 Japanese romance drama directed by Ayuko Tsukahara.

Why I Dress Up for Love

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As far as high school students go, Noboru Aihara (Taro Takeuchi) isn’t exactly one to stand out in a crowd. Having never attained any sort of popularity, Noboru might have spent the entirety of his high school career existing solely in the background, had not the school’s most popular guy, Shun Miyazaki (Asuka Kudo), changed everything.

Known throughout the school as the single most popular student, Shun Miyazaki is the one guy every girl wants to date; which is just fine by him. Unable to resist a pretty face, Shun is currently dating two girls: Hikaru Momose (Akari Hayami) and Tetsuko Kambayashi (Anna Ishibashi). Perfectly happy dating two very different girls at once, Shun’s only problem with the arrangement is keeping the girls apart. Despite his best efforts, Shun is unable to prevent the inevitable. Coming face-to-face with Tetsuko, while with Hikaru, Shun has to think fast to avert disaster. To save face, and his relationship with Tetsuko, Shun asks Noboru and Hikaru to pretend to be dating.

Agreeing to help Shun out, Noboru and Hikaru begin to act like a couple in front of others. Naturally, it doesn’t take long for Noboru to begin to develop feelings for Hikaru, but her heart still belongs to Shun. Does Noboru stand a chance of winning Hikaru’s heart when his rival in love is the school’s most popular student?

Based on the novel of the same name by Eiichi Nakata, “My Pretend Girlfriend” is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Saiji Yakumo.

My Pretend Girlfriend

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Raised in Hokkaido by her mother, Sae Hirasawa (Yui Aragaki) has big dreams and she’s not afraid to do whatever it takes to make those dreams come true. A hard-working high school student, Sae is determined to pass her college entrance exams, no matter what. Even when an unexpected incident on the train attempts to derail her plans for taking the college exams, she finds a way to keep going, with a little help from her newfound friend, Kouhei Kiuchi (Toma Ikuta).

A fellow high school student on his way to take his college entrance exams, Kouhei and Sae hit it off almost immediately&nbsp;After letting Sae talk him into a horribly doomed plan to get to their exams on time, the two become fast friends. Supporting each other through the years, their feelings of friendship naturally grew into something more, but every time they tried to get closer, something always found a way to keep them apart. Taking very different paths in life, Sae and Kouhei eventually go their separate ways, but no matter how far apart they go, fate always seems to find a way to bring them back together.

Ten years later, Sae and Kouhei have settled into very different lives but even when it seems like they’re destined to be apart for good, fate decides to unite them once again. Will this final meeting bring them together for good, or will it drive them apart once and for all?

Inspired by the lyrics of a long song of the same name by Yo Hitoto, “HANAMIZUKI ~May your love bloom for one hundred&nbsp;years~” is a 2010 Japanese romance film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.

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