Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (愛していると言ってくれ) is a Japanese television drama which was aired on TBS from July 7 to September 22, 1995. It was the number one Japanese drama that year, and led to a brief fad of interest in Japanese Sign Language.
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Synopsis
Hiroko, a young actress living in Tokyo, meets Koji one day when attempting to grab an apple from a tree in the neighborhood and he plucks it out for her. The two meet again and again in the park until one time, when she is practicing a role in the park, she learns from a child that Koji can neither speak nor hear. From this point on, the two begin to grow closer together and Hiroko even learns Japanese Sign Language to understand Koji better. She starts to develop feelings for him.
Cast
Toyokawa Etsushi as Koji Sakaki
Takako Tokiwa as Hiroko Mizuno
Koki Okada as Kenichi Yabe
Ranran Suzuki as Maki Yoshida
Kimiko Yo as Kaoru Kanzaki
Akiko Yada as Shiori Sakaki
Yumi Asō as Hikaru Shimada
Adaptation
The South Korean remake titled Tell Me That You Love Me, starring Jung Woo-sung and Shin Hyun-been premiered on November 27, 2023 on ENA, and is also be available for streaming on Genie TV.