Underplayed Gems

Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (2006)

Kekkon Dekinai Otoko poster
Original title
結婚できない男
Directed by
Miyake Yoshishige, Komatsu Takashi, Ueda Hisashi
Cast
Abe Hiroshi, Natsukawa Yui, Kuninaka Ryoko, Tsukamoto Takashi, Takashima Reiko, SHEILA, Nishimaru Yuko, Takamatsu Iku
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A successful architect in his forties is content with his bachelor life and baffled by the pressure to marry. The show follows his daily routines and the women who drift in and out of his world.

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What happens

Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (結婚できない男), known in English as The Man Who Can't Get Married, is a 2006 Japanese drama broadcast by Fuji TV. Originally consisting of one season, the show eventually received a direct sequel 13 years later called as The Man Who Can't Get Married Yet (まだ結婚できない男, Mada Kekkon Dekinai Otoko) and broadcast from October 8 to December 10, 2019. The theme song is "Swimmy" by Every Little Thing. The drama was produced by Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Media Mix Japan. In 2009, the program was remade in South Korea as He Who Can't Marry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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