Netflix has added a Japanese romantic drama series to its 2025 slate, flagging a global ensemble cast and creative talent for a still-unnamed show based on the French film, "Les Émotifs anonymes" ("Romantics Anonymous").

The series, currently in production, stars Shun Oguri, Han Hyo-Joo, Yuri Nakamura and Jin Akanishi. 

"Les Émotifs anonymes", which won the Audience Award at the French Film Festival in Japan in 2011, kicks off with a chance encounter between a man and a woman sparked by their mutual love for chocolate. The catch is their anxiety disorders; he can’t physically touch others and she can’t make eye contact.

Japan’s Shun Oguri plays Sosuke Fujiwara, the new representative of a popular chocolate shop, opposite Korea’s Han Hyo-Joo as a gifted chocolatier. 

Yuri Nakamura joins the project as Irene, a renowned psychologist and author who is Sosuke’s primary physician and Hana’s counsellor, but who faces her own struggles with alcoholism and romantic relationships. Jin Akanishi plays bar owner Hiro Takada, Hana’s love interest and Sosuke’s old friend.  

Sho Tsukikawa ("Yu Yu Hakusho") directs the series. Lee Ha Jun ("Parasite") leads production design, with Yang Jin Mo ("Parasite") as editor, and veteran music director, Dalpalan, on music.  

This is the first Japanese series developed and produced by Yong Film ("My Name is Loh Kiwan"). 

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