The drama series "If She Calls It Love" starring actor Chiaki Kuriyama (Yomiuri TV/Nippon TV, Thursdays 11:59pm) will begin on April 3rd. The human love story centers on Ima (Kuriyama), who is not cheating or having an affair, but is instead living a sincere and consensual relationship with multiple lovers. Co-stars include Kentaro Ito, Kento Senga, and Tomomi Maruyama.
Ima, a single mother with a high school daughter, has fallen in love again. The other person is a graduate student, Hisame (played by Ito). Ima already has two lovers. "Because we are lovers," "because we are mother and daughter," "because we are a wife," "because we are a mother"... This is a story that shakes up such rigid notions of "normalcy."
Senga will play Ao, Ima's second lover and a salesman for a beauty manufacturer, while Maruyama will play Itaru, Ima's first lover and the manager of an Italian bar.
Episode 1: Hisame, a graduate student working at a cafe, is attracted to an older regular customer, Ima. One day, Hisame is asked by her, "I'm going to eat Mont Blanc. Do you want to come too?", but he brushes it off as a polite gesture.
Ima had to start work at the time she said she was going to the cake shop, but that night, Hisame, who was curious, passed by the cake shop and saw Ima.
When he apologizes for missing their appointment, Ima says that even the time he spent waiting for Hisame was fun, thinking about her. When Hisame tries to take a step forward in their relationship, Ima tells him, "There's something I want to tell you first," and invites him over to her house. There, Hisame sees the two men. The bewildered Hisame is shocked to learn that they are both lovers...
