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Hotman

2003 · 2 seasons · 1h per episode · Drama

Enzo, a school art teacher, is the pillar of a rather unusual family. He takes care of his 5-year-old daughter but does not know who her mother is, and he also lives with his four siblings whose fathers are all different. Enzo's daughter suffers from severe atopic dermatitis, so he throws himself into managing her diet to alleviate her condition. He is so determined to raise the little daughter well, he doesn't appear to have any spare time for a girlfriend. And yet Enzo finds himself drawn to Misuzu, a health teacher at his school. A light-hearted and romantic story of a man trying to find love and learn to be a father at the same time.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 12 episodes (April 3, 2003)
• Season 2 — 12 episodes (October 21, 2004)

Cast

• Takashi Sorimachi as Enzo Furiya
• Akiko Yada as Misuzu Kaneko
• Manami Konishi as Shima Furiya
• Miho Shiraishi as Ayame Otsuki
• Erika Sawajiri as Satsuki Akikawa
• Misaki Itō as Shima Furiya
• Yui Ichikawa as Hinata Furiya
• Tomoka Kurotani as Yukimi Sakamoto
• Asami Abe as Rumiko Chiba
• Mahiru Konno as Kazue Hidaka
• Hitomi Takahashi as Kimiko Mizusawa
• Karen Miyama

Details

First aired

April 3, 2003

Episodes

24

Genres

Drama

Network

JNN

Status

Ended

TMDB score

9.8 / 10 from 3 votes