Name: Scum's Wish
Genre: Melodrama, Romance, Drama
Released: 2017-01-19
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Miyu Yoshimoto, Dori Sakurada

Miyu Yoshimoto is a Japanese actress and singer born on December 28, 1996, in Kitakyushu, Japan. She won the Japan Bishojo Contest – a notable talent and beauty contest – in 2012. She went on to join girl group X21 as the music act’s leader. X21 made its first musical release in March 2014 with the single “Asu e no Sotsugyou.” Also in 2014, she made her film debut in “Yumeharuka,” as well as her drama debut, in “Is There a Vet in the House?” More recently she features in a TV adaptation of the hit manga series “Scum’s Wish” (2017) and the movie “JK Rock” (2019).

Miyu Yoshimoto

Dori Sakurada is a Japanese actor and singer born on December 7, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan. He made his acting debut in the 2005 drama series “Ruri’s Island.” In 2006, he joined the cast of the “Prince of Tennis” series of musicals, where he performed until 2007. He also made his movie debut in 2007, appearing in “How to Become Myself.” He then went on to appear in drama titles including “Clone Baby” (2010) and “Sign” (2011). More recently he has appeared in the TV adaptation of the popular manga series “Scum’s Wish” (2017) and the movie “Back Street Girls” (2019).

Dori Sakurada

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Most of their classmates think that high schoolers Mugi Awaya (Dori Sakurada) and Hanabi Yasuraoka (Miyu Yoshimoto) make the perfect young couple. Both aged 17, they are popular, good-looking and appear to have bright futures ahead of them.

But the duo shares a dark secret – their relationship is actually a hollow sham. Although they are both burning with love, the real objects of their passions are actually other people.

Mugi Awaya is madly in love with a young woman who used to tutor him when he was in middle school. And Hanabi Yasuraoka also loves a teacher – the newest member of the high school teaching staff. Unfortunately, that same teacher only seems to have eyes for some else: Hanabi Yasuraoka’s homeroom teacher.

Deeply unhappy, and tired of pining for their unrequited loves alone, Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka find solace in each other’s arms – although they pledge not to fall in love with one another.

But as the pressures of love and life take their toll, what will become of their promise? And will the true objects of their affections remain out of reach forever?

This series was based on a hit manga series first published in 2012.

“Scum’s Wish” is a 2017 Japanese drama series directed by Shogo Miyaki and Shunsuke Shinada.

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