#### [**704x396**](https://nyaa.iss.one/view/1152442) | **1280x720**  https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sunao_ni_Narenakute   - **Title:** 素直になれなくて - **Title (romaji):** Sunao ni Narenakute - **Tagline:** Hard to say I love you - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Drama - **Episodes:** 11 - **Viewership rating:** 11.2 (Kanto) - **Broadcast network:** Fuji TV - **Broadcast period:** 2010-Apr-15 to 2010-Jun-24 - **Air time:** Thursday 22:00 - 22:54 - **Theme song:** *Hard to say I love you ~Ii Dasenakute~* by WEAVER - **Insert song:** *Sunao ni Narenakute* by Sugawara Sayuri   #### **Synopsis** Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company that sells medical equipment to disinterested doctors, and at the same time, trying to take care of his younger sister. This is a story about the blossoming friendship of five young people who were brought together by Twitter, and their journey to finding honesty with each other and with themselves.   #### **Cast** - **Eita** ... *Nakajima Keisuke / "Nakaji"* - **Ueno Juri** ... *Mizuno Tsukiko / "Haru"* - **Kim Jaejoong** ... *Park Seonsu / "Doctor"* - **Seki Megumi** ... *Nishimura Hikari / "Peach"* - **Tamayama Tetsuji** ... *Ichihara Kaoru / "Linda"* - Kinami Haruka ... *Park Minha* - Nakamura Yuichi ... *Mizuno Shu* - Fubuki Jun ... *Mizuno Sachiko* - Sakamoto Shogo ... *Matsushima Kenta* - Ryusei Ryo ... *Takahashi Masafumi* - Aizawa Rina ... *Maeda Yuki* - Kikkawa Koji ... *Nakajima Ryosuke* - Igawa Haruka ... *Yamamoto Kiriko* - Yajima Kenichi ... *Yamamoto Tomohiko* - Watanabe Eri ... *Okuda Mariko* - Tanaka Tetsushi ... *Minehara Takashi* - Matsukawa Takahiro ... *Kato* - Tonesaku Toshihide ... *Shiraishi Takafumi* - Yamada Meikyo ... *Ichihara Yasutoshi* - Asaka Mayumi ... *Ichihara Misako* - Katsumura Masanobu ... *Yano Jyunichi*   #### **Production Credits** - **Screenwriter:** Kitagawa Eriko - **Producer:** Nakano Toshiyuki - **Director:** Mitsuno Michio, Nishisaka Mizuki #### **Awards** - **14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2010):** Best Drama - **14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2010):** Best Supporting Actor (**Kim Jaejoong**)    - [**English Subtitles**](https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=84306) ([alt.](https://subscene.com/subtitles/sunao-ni-narenakute-hard-to-say-i-love-you))