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He's Expecting (2022)

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He's Expecting

TV Tokyo/AOI Pro.

Netflix

Release date 

April 21, 2022

Genre

Comedy-drama

Based on

Hiyama Kentarô no Ninshin by Eri Sakai

Written by

Yoshitatsu Yamada, Yukiko Sode and Chihiro Amano

Directed by

Yuko Hakoda (lead) and Takeo Kikuchi

Starring

Takumi Saitoh as Kentaro Hiyama

Juri Ueno as Aki Seto

Mariko Tsutsui

Ryo Iwamatsu

Kazuya Takahashi

Shohei Uno

Maho Yamada

Lily Franky

Composer

Masaki Hayashi

Episodes

8 

Executive producer

Shinichi Takahashi (Netflix)

Producers

Yuriko Mamiya (TV Tokyo), Yu Ota (TV Tokyo) and Tsutomu Hirabayashi (AOI Pro.)

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