Written by Shinji Nojima Country of origin Japan Final episode date 22 March 2004 Number of episodes 11 | Composer(s) Ryō Yoshimata First episode date 12 January 2004 Theme song I Was Born to Love You Genres Drama, Romance Film | |
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Directed by Isamu Nakae
Kensaku Sawada
Hideki Hirai Starring Takuya Kimura
Yūko Takeuchi Opening theme "I Was Born to Love You" by Queen Cast Takuya Kimura, Yūko Takeuchi, Yuriko Ishida, Noriko Nakagoshi, Ichikawa Somegorō VII Similar Nemureru Mori, Japanese television drama, Waiting for Love, The Blade and Petal, Good Luck!! | ||
Pride and prejudice 2014 teaser 2 drama korea tv series
Pride (プライド, Puraido) is a Japanese drama series premiered on Fuji TV in 2004. Takuya Kimura played the lead role.
Contents
- Pride and prejudice 2014 teaser 2 drama korea tv series
- Pride 2004 japanese drama instrumental ost
- Cast
- Basic plot
- Theme songs
- References
Pride 2004 japanese drama instrumental ost
Cast
Basic plot
The show revolves around a corporate ice hockey team, the Blue Scorpions. The main character is Haru Satonaka (spelled Halu in the show), the captain of the team. Other team members are Yamato Hotta (the goalie), Makoto Shimaura (the rookie) and Tomonori Ikegami. In the first episode, we learn that Haru idolizes their coach, Anzai, who was a former hockey player. When he dies from an illness by the end of the first episode, Haru puts it upon himself to take care of his coach's widow, Yoko, and their young son, Wataru. The introduction of the team's new coach (Yuichiro Hyodo) does not go well, as Haru refuses to conform to the new methods, especially after Hyodo insults Ansai's way of coaching. This sets up a very antagonistic relationship between the two men. Aside from the hockey, another aspect of the show is the members' love life. Haru treats his relationships as games, refusing to fall in love. This is probably a result of his promise to Anzai to remain an "iceman", believing that a relationship, especially if children were born, would have a negative effect on his game. He believes he's found the perfect solution by starting a relationship with Aki Murase, an office lady from his team's corporation. Their "contracted" relationship is a game, as she is waiting for the return of her architect boyfriend in New York. However, she hasn't heard from him in 2 years, and she knows the relationship is over. Still, she goes every Sunday to a bridge to wait for him.
Yamato is in a conflicted relationship with Yuri Aizawa, a friend and fellow office lady of Aki. She is a self-confessed gold-digger, vowing never to live the same difficult life as her poor single mother. She believes that Yamato is from a rich family, as he was driving Tomo's car the night they met. He tries to tell her the truth, but she thinks he's only joking. He doesn't want to be in a relationship built on a lie.
Tomo is the playboy on the team. After finding out that he was the product of an affair, he rebelled, constantly throwing away the money his rich father gives him on friends and women. Usually staying with one night stands, he finds a possible partner in Chika Ishikawa, yet another of Aki's friends and co-workers.
Theme songs
Almost all of the songs in this drama were by Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Radio Ga Ga", "Too Much Love Will Kill You", "Let Me Live" etc. were used in this drama.