After the heart-wringing time I had with “Ukiwa”, I’m not sure I’m ready for yet another tale of matrimonial woes, but since this drama stars pretty Marika Matsumoto (last seen by me as the beautiful eye-patched demoness Oiwa in “Youkai Share House”), I HAVE to at least give it a peek!Soredemo Ai wo Chikaimasuka? tells the story of a married couple who are drifting apart. At some point months ago husband Takeyuki (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) stopped making love with his wife Jun (Matsumoto) and they have not been physical ever since.On the surface they seem like a happily married couple, showing a contented face to relatives and friends, but as more and more of them have children, Jun finds herself desiring a child of her own. But Husband seems to not want kids at all.
This topic is to drive a wedge between the couple, right at the moment when Jun is starting a new Job. Her work becomes her safe place and Interacting with new associates like the stoic Mayama (Kisetsu Fujiwara), she can focus on something other than her home life.At the same time, Takeyuki has run into an old friend from the past, a woman named Saori Adachi (Wakana Sakai) and he finds himself laughing like he hasn’t in years.Coming home from drinks with her fellow employees, Jun happens to see her husband engrossed with this mysterious woman! Terrified of confrontation, she flees and is left to ponder who the woman is and what she means to Hiroyuki.The life of this married couple is set to change…
It seems infidelity is the hot new trend with these dramas lately! Meh, not sure how much I’ll get into this one, but at only 20 minutes an episode I guess I can continue to check it out! We’ll see where this one goes….
