Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

Japanese television series
100万回 言えばよかった Genre
  • Crime drama
  • Romance
  • Fantasy
Written byNaoko AdachiStarringMao Inoue
Takeru Satoh
Kenichi MatsuyamaEnding theme"Ringyu Love" by Macaroni PencilCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of episodes10ProductionProduction companiesTBS Sparkle
TBS TVOriginal releaseNetworkTBSReleaseJanuary 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.[1]

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[2]
  • Takeru Satoh as Naoki Torino
  • Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuzuru Uozumi

Supporting characters

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  • Official website
  • Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? at IMDb