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Before You Become a Memory... (2004)

First aired July 6, 20041 season · 11 epsEnded
3.0

1 votes

Drama

Overview

Nao Saeki (Arisa Mizuki), a successful stylist, is engaged to her caring fiancé, Kazuya Yuki (Tetsuji Tamayama). However, her life changes when her sister Miho dies overseas under mysterious circumstances, leaving her husband, Mitsuhiko Mochizuki (Kippei Shiina), with memory loss. Nao decides to take care of Mitsuhiko and his son, Yusuke. As they live together, Nao's feelings start to shift, growing beyond mere sympathy. As she struggles with her emotions for Mitsuhiko and her commitment to Kazuya, unexpected complications arise, especially when Mitsuhiko begins to regain his memory.

Top Billed Cast

Arisa Mizuki

Arisa Mizuki

Nao Saeki

Kippei Shiina

Kippei Shiina

Mitsuhiko Mochizuki

Ai Kato

Ai Kato

Chihiro Tomita

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Japanese

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

September 13, 2004

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User Reviews

ParkMin

ParkMin

3.0

Surprisingly atrocious! To start, reading the synopsis would give you all the spoilers you need as it will play out exactly as suggested. Given the supposed 'moral' dilemma, the drama resulted to shifting genres at around episode 9 to diverge the attention from the characters' relationships when it reached a pivotal moment, which is why we ended up with a corporate corruption plot. This was the main reason why the plot crumbled under its own weight, because the writers couldn't follow through with what they created. Well, it was problematic from the beginning, there was simply little to no roo…

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