is a

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romance '' josei''

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series written and illustrated by

Keiko Nishi is a Japanese manga artist. Life After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University from where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made he ...

. It was published by

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on ''

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'' magazine and in four volumes compiling the chapters. A

live action Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define film, video games o ...

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

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was released on February 14, 2015. It's directed by Ryūichi Hiroki and written by Hiroshi Saitō. It stars

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and Etsushi Toyokawa.

Cast

Nana Eikura is a Japanese actress, model, and occasional radio show host affiliated with Ken-On Group. Biography She was born in Izumi, Kagoshima, and raised in Sagamihara, Kanagawa.

as Tsugumi Dozono * Etsushi Toyokawa as Jun Kaieda * Osamu Mukai as Toshio Nakagawa * Sakura Andō as Saki Akimoto *Tomoya Maeno as Satoshi Sonoda * Motoki Ochiai as Takahiro Tomono * Toshie Negishi as Kyoko *

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as Sayoko * Yū Tokui as Tamio *Hana Kino as Kayo Sakata * Minami as a female receptionist * Mayuko Iwasa as Harumi Tomioka * Kentarō Sakaguchi as Nobuo

Volumes

*1 (March 10, 2009) *2 (October 10, 2009) *3 (March 10, 2010) *4 (September 24, 2012)

Music

The

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of the film is by Kōji Endō and the

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is "Hold me, Hold you." by JUJU.

Reception

Volume 3 of the manga reached the 17th place on the weekly

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manga chart and, as of March 14, 2010, has sold 37,260 copies; volume 4 reached the 3rd place and, as of October 7, 2012, has sold 166,735 copies. The manga was nominated for the third

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in 2010, ranking 5th out of the 10 nominees with 48 points. In a review of the film, Maggie Lee of ''

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'' said that "foot fetishists will rejoice, but this is an otherwise wholesome, mellow May–September romance."

References

External links

''Otoko no Isshō''
on

Official website of the film
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otoko no Issho 2009 manga Josei manga Manga adapted into films Romance anime and manga Shogakukan manga Slice of life anime and manga