I Want to be Loved to Love
Season 1
July 3, 2003
10Episodes
Motoharu Akiyama is an elite pilot who has just completed astronaut training at NASA. Something happened in his past that caused him to go out searching for the meaning and purpose of life. However, he hasn't been able to find a satisfactory reply and the void in his heart has only expanded. But Akiyama has a meeting that changes his life. He meets Reiko Nishina, a director at an investment bank, who is looking at investing in an attempt at the first Japanese space shuttle launch. Although the meeting was pure chance, it affects Reiko greatly. She realizes that although it looks like she has everything, there is something she wants that she doesn't have. And this meeting has an effect on those around them also... --- TBS
Episodes
1. 出逢い・ソウル・別れ
July 3, 2003
54 min
ソウル。秋山元治（坂口憲二）はセスナ機に乗りアクロバット飛行を楽しんでいた。その頃、日本人初の有人シャトル打ち上げのため機関“ＪＡＳＤＡ”の資金をとりまとめる、投資銀行のディレクター・仁科玲子（黒木瞳）は暴漢に追われ、逃れようとして駆け上がったビルの屋上から転落してしまう。そして、空に舞う二人の姿が、空中でシンクロし…。 気がつくと玲子はビルから転落したはずの自分が生きていることを発見し、ふしぎな感覚で目覚めていた。 その日の夜、秋山と玲子はあるパーティーで運命的な出会いをする。ふたりは神秘的な会話を交わして別れるが、お互いにふしぎな印象を残すのだった。