Takumi Kitamura is an award-winning Japanese singer, actor, and model. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, on November 3, 1997, and made both his acting and singing debut in 2008. Since then, he has appeared in a number of films and television dramas, including “Residential Complex” (2018).

Takumi Kitamura

TV Asahi

Suzu Yukimiya (Yuriko Yoshitaka), a 35-year-old obstetrician, relocates to a small seaside town after losing her job at a major hospital due to a lawsuit. Feeling frustrated with her mundane life, she goes camping alone one night and encounters Issei Hiiragi (Takumi Kitamura), a deaf young man who unexpectedly kisses her. Despite their initial chance meeting and significant age difference, fate continues to bring them together. As Suzu struggles with her professional disappointments, this unexpected connection offers her a potential path to personal renewal and unexpected love. "On A Starry Night" is a 2023 Japanese drama series directed by Fukagawa Yoshihiro and Yamamoto Daisuke.

On A Starry Night

🌠 Sounds of Love 🌠

Love is in the air for high school friends Yuna (Riko Fukumoto) and Akari (Minami Hamabe). Yuna who idolizes romance, struggles with self-confidence, while Akari is more proactive in matters of the heart. Sparks begin to fly between them and their classmates: the naive Kazuomi (Eiji Akaso) and Akari’s stepbrother, the romance-hungry Rio (Takumi Kitamura). As pent-up emotions and unrequited feelings surface, will this quartet find high school happiness or heartbreak? This 2020 Japanese movie was based on a hit manga by Io Sakisaka and directed by Miki Takahiro.

Love Me, Love Me Not

Rio Yamamoto

High school student Mamizu Watarase (Mei Nagano) is afflicted with a peculiar, incurable terminal condition known as "luminescence disease," which causes the body's cells to glow, gradually brightening until death. As a result, Mamizu is confined to life in a hospital, unlikely to ever reach adulthood. When Takuya Okada (Takumi Kitamura), a fellow student, is tasked to visit Mamizu and deliver messages from the rest of the class, he's deeply affected by Mamizu's isolation. Mamizu mentions that she still has things she wants to do before she dies, and Takuya offers to do them for her and share his experiences with her. This brings Mamizu and Takuya closer together, as Mamizu gets to live our her dreams secondhand and Takuya's own empathy grows. But they both know that Mamizu's time is running out – and her final wish might break both of their hearts.

You Shine in the Moonlight

Takuya Okada

Fuji TV

Tired of living in their cramped apartment, Nana Igarashi (Kyoko Fukada) and her husband Daiki (Kenichi Matsuyama) decide to move to a cooperative house. With a much more spacious place to call home, the scuba instructor and her salaryman agree there couldn’t be a better time to start growing their little family. But having a baby isn’t as easy as it seems, especially not when they share space with such interesting neighbors.

Sharing the co-op with the Igarashis, the Komiyamas appear to be a happy, well-to-do family, but the truth couldn’t be more opposite. With Shinichiro (Toru Nomaguchi) out of work and Miyuki’s (Sei Matobu) spending habits out of control, the couple face a growing number of problems. But they’re not the only residents with issues. Not yet married, Ryoji (Hiroyuki Hirayama) and Chihiro (Maryjun Takahashi) have plans to spend a beautiful life together, but when Ryoji’s ex-wife passes, his estranged son must move in with them. Never expecting a child to enter their lives, Chihiro has a lot of adjusting to do if their impending marriage is ever going to work. Meanwhile, the co-op’s last couple faces problems of their own. Having spent his entire life living in the closet, Wataru (Hidekazu Mashima) has no plans of changing anytime soon. The polar opposite, Saku (Takumi Kitamura) wants nothing more than to live his life loud and proud, enjoying his life with Wataru to the fullest. But how can he do that when his partner refuses to acknowledge their relationship in public?

With each resident family dealing with their own set of life-changing issues, can Nana and Daiki find a way to help others while simultaneously working on their own problems? Or will the strain of living such a complicated life prove to be too much?

Based on an original story written by Mayumi Nakatani, “Residential Complex” is a 2018 family life drama directed by Aizawa Hideyuki.

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