- Drama: A Taste Of Honey (English title)
- Romaji: Mitsu no Aji – A Taste Of Honey
- Japanese: 蜜の味~A Taste of Honey~
- Director: Naruhide Mizuta, Kazutaka Ohara, Mizuki Nishizaka, Shogo Miyaki
- Writer: Shizuka Oishi
- Producer: Sosuke Osabe, Tsuneya Watanabe
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: October 13 – December 22, 2011
- Runtime: Thursdays 22:00 – 22:54
- TV Ratings: 9.86%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Medical student Naoko’s (Nana Eikura) first love is her uncle Masato (Arata Iura). To become closer to him she gets admitted into a prestigious medical school in Tokyo. At the medical school Naoko meets Aya (Miho Kanno) – the daughter of the hospital’s director and also talented researcher at the school. Aya is also Masato’s girlfriend. For the first time in her life, Aya begins to feel frustration when Naoko meets Masato again …
Cast
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Nana Eikura | Miho Kanno | Arata Iura |
Naoko Morimoto | Aya Harada | Masato Ikezawa |
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Junpei Mizobata | Ren Mori | Koen Kondo | Tomohiro Ichikawa | Fumino Kimura |
Yasushi Norisugi | Koichi Takinohara | Susumu Minoya | Kazuki Kuriyama | Rai Yoka |
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Shiro Sano | Shigenori Yamazaki | Takeshi Masu | Maki Nishiyama | Kenji Anan |
Tadashi Kirishima | Yuji Hosokawa | Kenji Takinohara | Kana Shirai | Yosuke Morimoto |
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Midoriko Kimura |
Hisako Morimoto |
Additional Cast Members:
- Issei Takubo – taxi driver
- Terumi Nagashima – Ryo (ep.1)
- Yuko Ito – Ryo’s mother (ep.1)
- Hajime Aoki – (ep.1)
- Kami Hiraiwa – Ruriko Hase (ep.2,4)
- Eri Konno
- Yoko Tajitsu – ep.8
- Kenkichi Watanabe – Tetsuya Kurosawa (ep.8-9)
- Misato Tate – ep.9
- Emi Yokota – ep.9
- Sogen Tanaka – ep.10
- Daikichi Sugawara – Kumasaka (ep.11)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 10/13/2011 | 11.6% |
02 | 10/20/2011 | 8.2% |
03 | 10/27/2011 | 8.4% |
04 | 11/03/2011 | 10.1% |
05 | 11/10/2011 | 10.2% |
06 | 11/17/2011 | 10.2% |
07 | 11/24/2011 | 9.5% |
08 | 12/01/2011 | 10.8% |
09 | 12/08/2011 | 9.6% |
10 | 12/15/2011 | 9.3% |
11 | 12/22/2011 | 10.6% |
Average | 9.86% |