Modern Love Tokyo
{{short description|Japanese anthology television series}}
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| creator = Atsuko Hirayanagi
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| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
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| num_episodes = 7
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| executive_producer = Atsuko Hirayanagi
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| location = Tokyo, Japan
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{{Nihongo|Modern Love Tokyo|モダンラブ・東京|Modanrabu Tōkyō}} is a Japanese romantic comedy anthology streaming television series. It is based on the American television series Modern Love, which itself is based on the weekly column of the same name published by The New York Times.
The series began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 21 October 2022.{{cite web |last1=Bahr |first1=Sarah |title='Modern Love' Goes Global in New Television Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/insider/modern-love-global-new-television-series.html |website=The New York Times |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602172717/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/insider/modern-love-global-new-television-series.html |url-status=live }}
Cast
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= Episode 1 =
- Asami Mizukawa as Mari Takada
- Meiko Kaji as Masako
- Wakana Matsumoto as Kaori
- Atsuko Maeda as Sayaka
- Shinobu Terajima as Touko
= Episode 2 =
- Nana Eikura as Kana Sato
- Tasuku Emoto as Keisuke
= Episode 3 =
- Ran Itō as Natsuko Kurata
- Ryo Ishibashi as Kosuke Hayami
= Episode 4 =
- Ryo Narita as Kengo
- Kaho as Mai
= Episode 5 =
- Hiromi Nagasaku as Momoko Shinohara
- Yūsuke Santamaria as Yoji Suzuki
= Episode 6 =
- Naomi Scott as Emma
- Sosuke Ikematsu as Mamoru
= Episode 7 =
- Haru Kuroki as the voice of Tamami
- Masataka Kubota as the voice of Rin
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Episodes
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|Title = Nursing My Son, and Some Grievances
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = What I've Learned From Sleeping With Married Men
|DirectedBy = Ryūichi Hiroki
|WrittenBy = Hisako Kurosawa
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best
|DirectedBy = Nobuhiro Yamashita
|WrittenBy = Yukari Tatsui
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = My Hibernating Wife
|DirectedBy = Naoko Ogigami
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = For 13 Days, I Believed Him
|DirectedBy = Kiyoshi Kurosawa
|WrittenBy = Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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|Title = He Saved His Last Lesson For Me
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|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = He's Playing Our Song
|DirectedBy = Naoko Yamada
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Production
In March 2022, it was announced that Amazon Prime Video had greenlit six Japanese original series, including Modern Love Tokyo.{{cite web |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Amazon Japan Reboots 'Takeshi's Castle,' Sets 'Modern Love Tokyo,' 'Bake Off,' Live Boxing |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/amazon-takeshis-castle-modern-love-tokyo-bake-off-1235218704/ |website=Variety |date=30 March 2022 |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613031842/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/amazon-takeshis-castle-modern-love-tokyo-bake-off-1235218704/ |url-status=live }} A teaser video for the series was released on 30 March 2022.{{cite AV media |date=30 March 2022 |title=『モダンラブ・東京』- 特別映像 |trans-title="Modern Love Tokyo" - Special Video |language=ja |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cedqQ51aa10&ab_channel=PrimeVideoJP-%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%93%E3%83%87%E3%82%AA |via=YouTube |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613032500/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cedqQ51aa10&ab_channel=PrimeVideoJP-%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%93%E3%83%87%E3%82%AA |url-status=live }}
It is the third remake of Modern Love to premiere, after Modern Love Mumbai{{cite web |last1=Navlakha |first1=Meera |title='Modern Love Mumbai' review: the fight for love in the city of dreams sometimes falls short |url=https://mashable.com/article/modern-love-mumbai-review |website=Mashable |date=17 May 2022}} and Modern Love Hyderabad.{{cite web |last1=Dundoo |first1=Sangeetha Devi |title='Modern Love Hyderabad' series review: Cheery stories with happy endings |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/modern-love-hyderabad-series-reviewcheery-stories-with-happy-endings/article65611121.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=8 July 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Love-Tokyo-Season-1/dp/B0B6T29XJN Modern Love Tokyo] on Amazon Prime Video
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19265146/ Modern Love Tokyo] on IMDb
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Category:2020s Japanese television series
Category:2022 Japanese television series debuts
Category:Japanese comedy television series
Category:Japanese anthology television series
Category:Japanese romance television series
Category:Japanese romantic comedy television series
Category:Japanese television series based on American television series
Category:Amazon Prime Video original programming