Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
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| Japanese | 100万回 言えばよかった | 
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| Written by | Naoko Adachi | 
| Starring | Mao Inoue Takeru Satoh Kenichi Matsuyama  | 
| Ending theme | "Ringyu Love" by Macaroni Pencil | 
| Country of origin | Japan | 
| Original language | Japanese | 
| No. of episodes | 10 | 
| Production | |
| Production companies | TBS Sparkle TBS TV  | 
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| Network | TBS | 
| Release | January 13 – March 17, 2023  | 
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (Japanese: 100万回 言えばよかった, Hepburn: 100 mankai Ieba Yokatta) is a 2023 Japanese television series starring Mao Inoue, Takeru Satoh, and Kenichi Matsuyama. The show aired on TBS and was written by Naoko Adachi.[1]
It is streamed globally by Netflix.
Synopsis
Yui Soma (Mao Inoue), a hairdresser, reunites with Naoki Torino (Takeru Satoh), a chef, who lived with the same foster parents when she was a junior high school student. They start dating, but then Naoki suddenly disappears. Yui meets detective Yuzuru Uozumi (Kenichi Matsuyama) at the police station where she files a search request for Naoki. Uozumi sees Naoki in the city while investigating the murder of another woman and discovers that he is a ghost. Naoki, Uozumi, and Yui work together to uncover the mystery around Naoki's death and the death of the woman.
Cast
Main characters
- Mao Inoue as Yui Soma[2]
 - Takeru Satoh as Naoki Torino
 - Kenichi Matsuyama as Yuzuru Uozumi
 
Supporting characters
- Shim Eun-kyung as Song Ha-young[3]
 - Karina Nose as Rio Ozaki
 - Toshiyuki Itakura as Masamichi Higuchi
 - Shunpūtei Shōta as Masaru Hirota
 - Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Eisuke Ikezawa
 - Chihiro Kondo as Suzuka Takahara
 - Kami Hiraiwa as Kanae Uozumi, Yuzuru's sister
 
References
- ^ "TBS Friday Drama Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? is set for worldwide streaming on Netflix following its terrestrial broadcast debut Starting at 10 pm on Friday, January 13! | TBS Program Catalog". www.tbscontents.com. December 24, 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
 - ^ "井上真央『花男2』以来"16年ぶり"TBS連ドラ主演 佐藤健&松山ケンイチと「ファンタジーラブストーリー」描く". Oricon. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
 - ^ Seong-hyun, Kim (December 14, 2022). "심은경, 日 드라마 '백만 번 말할 걸 그랬어' 출연 확정… "멋진 작품 참여 기뻐" [Shim Eun-kyung confirmed to appear in Japanese drama 'Should have told you a million times'... "I'm delighted to be involved in a wonderful work] (in Korean). YTN. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2022 – via Naver.
 
