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Shunsuke Kariyama
I'm Taking the Day Off (きょうは会社休みます。)
Overview
Hanae Aoishi is set to turn 30. She works for a general trading company and has never taken a day off or been late for work. She dresses pleasantly plain and has zero dating experience. She attends a company party and drinks with part-time employee Yuto Tanokura. He is a handsome university student. Through the evening, Hanae becomes drunk and passes out. When she wakes up, Hanae finds Yuto Tanokura sleeping next to her and he is naked. She becomes confused about what happened and takes the day off from work for the first time. To come out of her shell, Hanae decides to date Yuto Tanokura who is 9 years younger than her. At this time Yu Asao, the CEO of a food company located in the same building as her company, begins to have feelings for Hanae.
Key Crew
Director: Satoru Nakajima, Shunsuke Kariyama
Producer: Nobuhito Nagasaka
Top Cast
Haruka Ayase
Aoishi Hanae
Sota Fukushi
Tanokura Yuuto
Hiroshi Tamaki
Asao Yuu
Riisa Naka
Ookawa Hitomi
Junnosuke Taguchi
Ohshiro So
Yudai Chiba
Kagami Ryusei
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Tachibana Takaaki
Kazuyuki Asano
Aoishi Iwao
Seasons
Season 1 (2014)
Thirty-year-old Hanae is over the moon about her new 21-year-old boyfriend — but can she stop herself from sabotaging her first ever relationship?
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: A Woman and Her First Love
2014-10-15Thirty-year-old office worker Hanae has no relationship experience — until she finds herself alone with intern Tanokura during a company night out.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: A Woman and Her Love Mail
2014-10-22Hanae asks Tanokura to keep what happened between them a secret, but he presses her for a reply to his question. Later, Hitomi makes a move on Asao.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: A Woman and Her Stay Date
2014-10-29A meddling comment from Asao makes Hanae worry about becoming a burdensome partner. She prepares to spend the night at Tanokura's place.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: A Daughter and Her Father
2014-11-05Shocked yet intrigued to learn Hanae has a boyfriend, her parents urge her to bring him to their house. She plucks up the courage to invite him over.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: A Woman and Her First Pandemonium
2014-11-12When Hanae runs into Tanokura's old friend Hirono at the dentist, Hirono reveals her own romantic interest in Tanokura and begins asking for advice.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: A Woman and Her Sign
2014-11-19Going through a rough patch with Tanokura, Hanae agonizes over signs that he might be losing interest in her. Kagami tries his luck with Hitomi.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: A Woman and Her Finding Room
2014-11-26To rehearse living together, Hanae asks Tanokura if she can stay at his apartment for a few nights in a row. Asao reenters Hanae's professional life.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: A Woman and Her Loneliness
2014-12-03Hanae fears Oshiro will tell her coworkers about her relationship with Tanokura. She also feels uneasy about Tanokura's life plans after college.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 9: A Woman and Her Returns
2014-12-10Following a short stay at a hot spring resort with Tanokura, Hanae thinks about how she can make him happy despite changing the course of his future.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 10: A Woman and Her Choices
2014-12-17After her breakup with Tanokura and unexpected proposal from Asao, Hanae wonders what it means to fall in love. Tanokura sends her a sincere message.
Runtime: 45 min
