慾见亲家

河马复仇记

瑞典鱼雷

　　World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

达令是外国人

　　梦想成为插画家的纱织（井上真央 饰）有个死穴，那就是极其不擅长英语，看到英语就会头疼。中学时期的某次英语考试甚至考出了4分的成绩。纱织认为自己今后都将不会和英语发生任何关系，结果却遇上了来自美国的作家托尼（Jonathan Sherr 饰）。托尼非常痴迷于各种语言，对汉字之美一直很向往，机缘巧合来到了日本，结果遇上了插画家纱织。一段异国恋就此展开。在恋爱的过程中，因为二人来自不同的国家，想法上有很多不同，但这不是矛盾，反而成为了二人进一步了解彼此的方法。在姐姐（国仲凉子 饰）的婚礼上，已同居的二人考虑到了结婚。但这似乎是一个麻烦的问题……　　本剧改编自小栗左多里的同名漫画，故事内容根据作者和其美籍爱人托尼的真实恋爱故事改编，充满动人的小情趣。