Name: Love You Just as You Are
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama
Released: 2022-08-06
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Jin Shirasu, Natsuna, Yua Shinkawa, Tohru Baba, Ryuichi Oura

Jin Shirasu is a Japanese actor who was born on November 1, 1992, in Aomori, Japan. He first rose to prominence when he took part in fashion magazine Junon’s Super Boy Contest in 2010, making the top 30. The year after, he made his musical debut in a performance of “The Prince of Tennis 2.” He went on to make his drama bow in the 2013 series “Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook,” going on to star in “Happy Marriage” (2016) and – more recently – the 2019 Japanese remake of Taiwanese drama “In Time With You.”

Jin Shirasu

Natsuna is a Japanese actress and model who was born on May 23, 1989, in Toda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She made her debut in the drama series “Gachi Baka” (2006). She followed up with the drama “Mop Girl” (2007) and played the lead role in the hit drama “Jun to Ai” in 2012. Her movie credits include “Clover” (2014) and the more recent “The Door into Summer” (2021).

Natsuna

Yua Shinkawa is a Japanese model and actress. She was born on December 28, 1993, in Saitama, Japan, and made her acting debut in 2008. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Love for Beginners” (2012).

Yua Shinkawa

Tohru Baba is a Japanese actor. He was born on June 17, 1988, in Tokyo, Japan, and made his acting debut in 2004. Since then, he has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Love You Just as You Are” (2022).

Tohru Baba

Ryuichi Oura, born Yasuhiro Kajiura, is a Japanese singer, author, and actor. He was born in Kyoto, Japan, on November 17, 1968, and made his acting debut in 1994. Since then, he has appeared in an extensive number of films and television dramas, including “SWIM!” (2017) and “Love You Just as You Are” (2022).

Ryuichi Oura

Ayana Sogawa is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She was born on October 20, 1988, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and made her debut in the entertainment industry in 2010, as keyboardist for the J-pop girl group, SILENT SIREN. After leaving the group in 2012, she turned her attention elsewhere. In 2014, she made her debut as an actress, taking her first role in a television drama. Since then, she has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “Love You Just as You Are” (2022).

Ayana Sogawa

At thirty, Akira Isomori (Jin Shirasu) is comfortably settled in his exceptionally normal life. A committed salary man, happily married to his novelist wife Sonoko (Yua Shinkawa), Akira has known nothing but the comfortable routine that comes with a five-year marriage and a steady job. But that comfortable life is changed in an instant, the moment his health takes an unexpected turn.

Suffering an unbearable headache, Akira is rushed to the hospital where his worst fears are confirmed. Diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, Akira is rushed into surgery but the man who goes into the operating room is not the same as the man who comes out. Diagnosed with a rare medical condition known as “Sex Altering Syndrome”, the only way to save Akira’s life is for him to spend the rest of it as a woman. Finding herself now married to the woman Akira (Natsuna), Sonoko isn’t sure how to handle this sudden and completely unexpected change.&nbsp;

As Sonoko struggles to adjust to her husband’s new appearance, Akira also finds adjusting to life as a woman difficult. Will the love that Akira and Sonoko share be enough to help them overcome this unexpected challenge or will the difficulties of this new life prove to be too much?

Based on the manga “Individual Differences” by Kinoko Higurashi, “Love You Just As You Are” is a 2022 Japanese romance drama directed by Daisuke Yamauchi.

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