Starring Rino Katase and Isssei Mamehara (JO1) A 61-year-old woman who sees herself as a "16-year-old beautiful girl" falls for the handsome husband of the newlywed couple next door! This live-action drama adaptation brings to life a romantic horror story depicting "madness in the name of innocence"! It has been decided that "Fuufu to 16-sai ~Kyoki no Rinjin~" ("The Couple and 16-Year-Olds: The Mad Neighbor"), which will air on TV Tokyo starting Thursday, July 2 (every Thursday at 12:30 a.m.), will be broadcast. The original work is the manga of the same name by Pumpkin, currently running as an indie series on Shonen Jump+, and it is a notable title in which the shock of love and obsession beginning with a love at first sight for a married person was chosen by readers in the "serialization battle ranking" on "Jump Rookie!" This romantic horror, full of madness as a 61-year-old woman who sees herself as a "16-year-old beautiful girl" runs wild for love, is now being adapted into a live-action drama! The madness of love awakened by a "16-year-old beautiful girl" Kind-hearted handsome office worker Hiro Nomura and his bright, cheerful wife, former hostess Sae Nomura, were spending their newlywed life in a small apartment. However, Hiro is dissatisfied with Sae, who is bad at cooking and housework and always runs back to her parents' home whenever they fight. Right in the middle of one of their marital spats, Shizuko Shiraishi, who has moved into the next room, comes by to greet them. Shizuko falls for the handsome and kind Hiro at first sight, and through sharing homemade dishes, she becomes close to him, visiting his room almost every day to help with housework and nurse him when he catches a cold. Hiro feels a motherly sense of comfort in Shizuko's devoted care, and while he is troubled by their awkwardly mismatched conversations and her baffling behavior, he gradually deepens their friendship. Shizuko becomes even more drawn to Hiro's kindness, but she has "a certain secret"... In fact, Shizuko is a 61-year-old woman who sees herself as a "16-year-old beautiful girl"! Even knowing that he is married, Shizuko attacks the Nomura couple with every possible romantic scheme, determined to "take what she wants if she loves it," and the madness in the name of innocence begins to spiral out of control...

Playwright and director Shoko Nemoto makes her first original serial drama as a director! Mariya Matsumoto and Maryjun Takahashi co-star as best friends who grew up together This work is an original creation by Shoko Nemoto, a playwright and director who is at the cutting edge of the theater world. With this project, Nemoto also makes her debut as a director of an original serial drama. In their late 30s, many people suddenly find themselves wondering, “Is life just going to keep going like this?”—a vague, hard-to-put-into-words sense of unease. Love, marriage, career, youth—none of these are urgent problems right away, and yet the heart still stirs. This series presents those inexpressible feelings in an original four-episode drama built on realistic yet humorous dialogue. Emily (Mariya Matsumoto), 35, single, and raised in a private girls’ school from kindergarten, runs an apparel brand. Maria (Maryjun Takahashi), who works as a drama producer at a TV station, has been her best friend since childhood. They still meet regularly, and over cake at their favorite café, they start catching up on life. The conversation begins with “So, how was it?” and then shifts rapidly from matchmaking, beauty, Korea, Pilates, and social media. They take photos with their cake, edit them, and keep the pace brisk as time passes with remarks like, “Our skin really has gotten better, hasn’t it?” Then Sakura, the younger nail artist at the salon they both go to, joins them. Their talk about trendy topics and the videos that appear on their phones never quite seems to click. As they feel the generation gap with someone younger, Sakura blurts out, “So what is it you two actually want to become?” Emily and Maria are left speechless. “What is this sense of unease we’re feeling?” “Why is it that we end up longing for youth?” Carrying those thoughts with them, the two women set out in search of their own version of happiness—.

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W主演: Shiori Akita × Masashi Ikeda A powerhouse pairing of the hottest rising young cast members and the hitmakers behind “Taikan Yohou” and “Jofu ~ Women Need ××××? ~”! A high school girl searching for a place to belong falls in love with a young gay man―― A sweet and bittersweet love story about living together, with a complicated twist, that portrays the difficulty of loving someone and growing up! The original work is “share,” a hit manga by Yuu Mitsuba that has surpassed 300,000 copies in total circulation. This much-talked-about title delicately and carefully depicts the “special relationship” between a high school girl and a gay young man, earning a strong 4.4 rating on Japan’s largest e-book store, Comic Cmoa! The shocking story of a high school girl who loses sight of where she belongs, falls in love with a gay young man, and depicts the difficulty of mutual feelings and personal growth is finally being adapted into a drama! Playing the lead role of Kasuga Kusaka, the high school girl protagonist, is Shiori Akita, whose powerful presence has stood out in films, dramas, and stage productions such as “The Flowers of Evil,” “3-nen C-gumi wa Furyou Shitemasu.” “Why Did My Fiancé Become My Sister’s Husband?” and “Anonymous Lovers.” She brings a down-to-earth portrayal of a girl who falls for a gay young man and, though troubled and in pain, grows through the experience. Playing the gay young man Ryo Fujiwara is Masashi Ikeda, who is drawing attention for “Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger” and is currently on a hot streak with back-to-back lead roles in “About Us at Dawn” and “I Wish I Hadn’t Met My Ideal.” With a natural, gentle, yet somehow lonely air, he richly conveys the feelings of the character and superbly expresses the inner conflict of falling in love through his solid acting skills. As the colorful housemates living in the share house where the two reside, Rio Teramoto appears, known for “The Scum of the Obscene” (2024, DMM TV), “Sanctuary” (2023, Netflix), and “Shinjuku Yasen Byoin” (2024, Fuji TV), alongside Naoya Kusakawa, who has appeared in the film “The Sunday Runoff” (2022), “Monsters” (2025, Fuji TV), and “I Wish I Hadn’t Met My Ideal” (2026, Mainichi Broadcasting System). Teramoto plays a popular hostess known as a “night butterfly,” while Kusakawa plays a university student aspiring to become a screenwriter; both appear as reliable allies to Haru and Rio. Also appearing are Koudai Fujimoto, from “I Joined a Group I Don’t Get Along With on a School Trip” (2025, ABC TV) and “Why Am I Giving Sermons?” (2025, Nippon TV), as Haru’s childhood friend who secretly harbors feelings for her; Atom Mizuishi, from “TOKYO VICE Season 2” (2024, WOWOW) and “Dear Radiance” (2024, NHK), as Rio’s regular hookup and company president; Tatsuya Shirato, from “Jofu ~ Women Need ××××? ~” (2025, TV Tokyo), as Haru’s non-blood-related father and her first love; Akiko Hinagata, from “PUNKS△TRIANGLE” (2025, Fuji TV) and “25ji, Akasaka de Season 2” (2025, TV Tokyo), as Haru’s mother; and So Yamanaka, from “Happy of the End” (2024, Fuji TV) and “Okra ~ Maze-locked Case Investigation ~” (2024, Fuji TV), as Rio’s uncle, who serves as a parent figure after Rio loses his parents. This lineup brings together a host of popular and accomplished actors. Director and screenwriter Ayaka Kato made her feature film debut with “Onna no Ko Kirai,” and has since worked on a wide range of projects including BL dramas such as “Old-Fashioned Cupcake” and “Taikan Yohou,” as well as “Jofu ~ Women Need ××××? ~.” In addition, the theme song is performed by the Indigo, who made their major debut in 2000 and were responsible for many drama theme songs in the early 2000s. The song chosen is “BLUE,” their major-label debut single, which also reflects their work writing and composing for artists in Japan and abroad, adding a gentle touch of color to the story with its soft vocals.