Otoko no Isshō

Otoko no Isshō (Japanese: 娚の一生, lit. "A Man's Lifetime") is a slice of life romance josei manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Nishi. It was published by Shogakukan on Flowers magazine and in four volumes compiling the chapters.[1] A live action romantic drama film adaptation was released on February 14, 2015. It's directed by Ryūichi Hiroki and written by Hiroshi Saitō. It stars Nana Eikura and Etsushi Toyokawa.[2][3]

Otoko no Isshō
娚の一生
Genre	Slice of life, romance
Manga
Written by	Keiko Nishi
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Flowers
Demographic	Josei
Original run	March 10, 2009 (Volume 1) – September 24, 2012 (Volume 4)
Volumes	4
Live-action film
Directed by	Ryūichi Hiroki
Written by	Hiroshi Saitō
Music by	Kōji Endō
Released	October 2014 (Tokyo Film Festival) February 14, 2015

Cast

• Nana Eikura as Tsugumi Dozono[2]
• Etsushi Toyokawa as Jun Kaieda[2]
• Osamu Mukai as Toshio Nakagawa[2]
• Sakura Andō as Saki Akimoto[2]
• Tomoya Maeno as Satoshi Sonoda[2]
• Motoki Ochiai as Takahiro Tomono[2]
• Toshie Negishi as Kyoko[2]
• Mari Hamada as Sayoko[2]
• Yū Tokui as Tamio[2]
• Hana Kino as Kayo Sakata[2]
• Minami as a female receptionist[2]
• Mayuko Iwasa as Harumi Tomioka[2]
• Kentarō Sakaguchi as Nobuo[2]

Volumes

• 1 (March 10, 2009)[4]
• 2 (October 10, 2009)[5]
• 3 (March 10, 2010)[6]
• 4 (September 24, 2012)[7]

Music

The soundtrack of the film is by Kōji Endō and the theme song is "Hold me, Hold you." by JUJU.[2]

Reception

Volume 3 of the manga reached the 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of March 14, 2010, has sold 37,260 copies;[8] volume 4 reached the 3rd place[9] and, as of October 7, 2012, has sold 166,735 copies.[10]

The manga was nominated for the third Manga Taishō in 2010, ranking 5th out of the 10 nominees with 48 points.[11]

In a review of the film, Maggie Lee of Variety said that "foot fetishists will rejoice, but this is an otherwise wholesome, mellow May-September romance."[12]

References

1. "Otoko no Issho vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
2. "Live-Action Otoko no Isshō Film's Trailer Previews Love Story". Anime News Network. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
3. 娚の一生(2014). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
4. "Otoko no Issho jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
5. "Otoko no Issho jp Vol.2". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
6. "Otoko no Issho jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
7. "Otoko no Issho jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
8. "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 8-14". Anime News Network. March 17, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
9. "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 24-30". Anime News Network. October 3, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
10. "Japanese Comic Ranking, October 1-7". Anime News Network. October 10, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
11. "Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)". Anime News Network. March 17, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
12. Maggie Lee (July 11, 2015). "Film Review: 'Her Granddaughter'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

External links

• Otoko no Isshō on Shogakukan (in Japanese)
• Official website of the film (in Japanese)
• Otoko no Isshō on IMDb