| Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? | |
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| Japanese | 100万回 言えばよかった |
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| Written by | Naoko Adachi |
| Starring | Mao Inoue Takeru Satoh Kenichi Matsuyama |
| Ending theme | "Ringyu Love" by Macaroni Pencil |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | TBS Sparkle TBS TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS |
| Release | January 13 (2023-01-13) – March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17) |
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (Japanese: 100万回 言えばよかった, Hepburn: 100 mankai Ieba Yokatta) is a 2023 Japanese television series starring Mao Inoue, Takeru Satoh, and Kenichi Matsuyama. The show aired on TBS and was written by Naoko Adachi.
It is streamed globally by Netflix.
Synopsis
Yui Soma (Mao Inoue), a hairdresser, reunites with Naoki Torino (Takeru Satoh), a chef, who lived with the same foster parents when she was a junior high school student. They start dating, but then Naoki suddenly disappears. Yui meets detective Yuzuru Uozumi (Kenichi Matsuyama) at the police station where she files a search request for Naoki. Uozumi sees Naoki in the city while investigating the murder of another woman and discovers that he is a ghost. Naoki, Uozumi, and Yui work together to uncover the mystery around Naoki's death and the death of the woman.
Cast
Main characters
- Mao Inoue as Yui Soma
- Takeru Satoh as Naoki Torino
- Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuzuru Uozumi
Supporting characters
- Shim Eun-kyung as Song Ha-young
- Karina Nose as Rio Ozaki
- Toshiyuki Itakura as Masamichi Higuchi
- Shunpūtei Shōta as Masaru Hirota
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Eisuke Ikezawa
- Chihiro Kondo as Suzuka Takahara
- Kami Hiraiwa as Kanae Uozumi, Yuzuru's sister
References
- "TBS Friday Drama Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? is set for worldwide streaming on Netflix following its terrestrial broadcast debut Starting at 10 pm on Friday, January 13! | TBS Program Catalog". www.tbscontents.com. December 24, 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- "井上真央『花男2』以来"16年ぶり"TBS連ドラ主演 佐藤健&松山ケンイチと「ファンタジーラブストーリー」描く". Oricon. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- Seong-hyun, Kim (December 14, 2022). "심은경, 日 드라마 '백만 번 말할 걸 그랬어' 출연 확정… "멋진 작품 참여 기뻐" [Shim Eun-kyung confirmed to appear in Japanese drama 'Should have told you a million times'... "I'm delighted to be involved in a wonderful work] (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved December 14, 2022 – via Naver.