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The 101st Proposal

1991 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest romantic comedy-drama that charms through persistence and small emotional victories.

Created by
Michio Mitsuno, Rieko Miyamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Tetsuya Takeda, Yosuke Eguchi
Overview
After 99 failed dates, an earnest bachelor meets a guarded classical musician. He's all in — she's not so sure. Can his persistence lead to love?

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  • Netflix
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Created by
Michio Mitsuno, Rieko Miyamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Tetsuya Takeda, Yosuke Eguchi
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • loneliness
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Michio Mitsuno, Rieko Miyamoto, Toru Hayashi
Written by
Shinji Nojima
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Tetsuya Takeda, Yosuke Eguchi, Ritsuko Tanaka, Riki Takeuchi, Miyoko Asada, Yuriko Ishida, Hatsunori Hasegawa
Music
Yukie Nishimura
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 47 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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