I started watching Kekkon Dekinai Otoko last week. In English, it means “man who cannot get married”. It stars Abe Hiroshi, which is a big plus for me because I really like his acting. Mariko was telling me that he used to be a popular model back in the 80’s, then started acting and was terrible! But he kept up with his acting lessons and eventually became quite good. I think he is hilarious.

In this drama, he is a socially inept architect, who seems to be falling for a doctor who is also getting close to 40 and is not married yet. His mother keeps trying to set them up, and there is sort of a love/hate relationship going on. The supporting characters are interesting as well, including his cute neighbor (the girl in the second picture) and his office assistant (the young guy in the first picture), who is always out of money but loves going out on dates. And then there is his business associate (also in the first picture) who is also unmarried and about his same age, so I am thinking that something will get complicated… love triangle perhaps? On top of that, there is also a pug named Ken-chan. Anyways, since this drama is showing now in Japan, I will have to wait in agony each week for the next episode (and subtitles). It’s the same with Sapuri, which is getting really good too.

Kekkon Dekinai Otoko listings at:
J-dorama.com
Official Site