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an Amazon Original series streamed worldwide on Prime Video, based on the South Korean web novel *Marry My Husband* by Seong So Jak, the same source as the hit 2024 [Korean drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-drama) of the same name. It stars Fuka Koshiba and [Takeru Satoh](https://www.edgepedia.org/takeru-satoh) in a double lead, and it was produced by the Korean companies CJ ENM Japan and Studio Dragon with Japanese partners, making it the first Japanese-language drama produced by CJ ENM and Studio Dragon.[1](https://cjenm.jp/news/detail/122/) • [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIwAwnKPu4)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original run | June 27, 2025, on Prime Video; two episodes every Friday over five weeks, 10 episodes total[3](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0149770) • [4](https://toyohashi-fc.com/performance/2775/) |\n| Lead cast | Fuka Koshiba as Misa and Takeru Satoh as department head Wataru Suzuki; Yokoyama Yu as the husband Tomoya and Shiraishi Sei as the best friend Reina[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) |\n| Source | NAVER web novel *Marry My Husband* by Seong So Jak, also adapted as a webtoon and as the 2024 Korean tvN drama[1](https://cjenm.jp/news/detail/122/) |\n| Production | Planned by CJ ENM Japan and Studio Dragon; produced with JAYURO PICTURES and Shochiku Studio; directed by Ahn Gil-ho, written by Satomi Oshima[1](https://cjenm.jp/news/detail/122/) • [5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) |\n| Not a remake | Planned alongside the Korean version before that version aired, as a separate original based on the web novel's plot[6](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enm-brings-marry-my-husband-to-japan/) • [7](https://www.cinra.net/article/202512-jayuropicturesinc_ienkmktcl) |\n| Reception | No.1 in domestic viewership among Amazon Original dramas in the first 30 days after release; Prime Video user rating 4.3/5 (Korean version 4.6/5); IMDb 8.2/10[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) • [8](https://www.elle.com/jp/culture/movie-tv/g65545906/watashino-otto-review-250730/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story\n\nThe premise follows the Korean version closely. Misa (Koshiba), hospitalized with terminal cancer, catches her childhood friend and best friend Reina (Shiraishi) having an affair with her husband Tomoya (Yokoyama), and the two murder her. She then wakes up ten years earlier, in 2015, with the chance to redo her life. She resolves to change her fate by pushing her worthless husband into marrying Reina and thereby ruining them both. Into her plan steps Wataru Suzuki (Satoh), a department head at her workplace who had no connection to her in her first life and who repeatedly rescues her from crises.[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341)\n\nThe Japanese version departs from the Korean one in two principal ways, according to producer Song Ja-yeong. First, it emphasizes romance: Satoh's role is larger than his Korean counterpart's, and his backstory is drawn in more depth. Second, it introduces a new device called the \"life scenario,\" in which the protagonist's life is framed like a stage play, with depictions of fate being swapped to a different person within the scenario; the Korean version's own original settings, such as a plot point in which the heroine discovers her connection to her ally through a song, were removed or replaced.[3](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0149770)\n\n## Origin and production\n\nThe series originated inside the Korean studio [Studio Dragon](https://www.edgepedia.org/studio-dragon), which set out to produce the story in Japan and Korea at the same time, in different forms, rather than as a remake. Producer Song Ja-yeong explained at the Korean press conference that the web novel and its webtoon adaptation were already popular in Japan, and that, as had been tried in K-pop, a Korean production team planning a drama for local production could extend the appeal of Korean drama into Japan.[7](https://www.cinra.net/article/202512-jayuropicturesinc_ienkmktcl) • [9](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2263614) The project also served as the launch title for CJ ENM Japan's newly established drama production business.[1](https://cjenm.jp/news/detail/122/)\n\n**Korean leadership, Japanese writing.** The Korean side retained creative control: Ahn Gil-ho, director of the Korean suspense series *Stranger* (2017) and *[The Glory](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-glory-tv-series)* (2022), directed, while the screenplay went to the Japanese writer Satomi Oshima, known for *1 Litre of Tears* and winner of the Japan Academy Prize excellent screenplay award for *90歳。何がめでたい* (2024).[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) • [10](https://japanese.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=297516&pageIndex=1) Production companies were JAYURO PICTURES, known for the film *You Are the Apple of My Eye*, and Shochiku Studio, one of Japan's oldest production houses.[6](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enm-brings-marry-my-husband-to-japan/) Takeru Satoh said at the press conference that he had already watched the Korean version before the director asked him not to, and that the writers' meetings focused on extending the Korean version's strengths.[9](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2263614)\n\n## Comparison with the Korean version\n\nThe Korean *Marry My Husband* (2024), starring [Park Min-young](https://www.edgepedia.org/park-min-young) and [Na In-woo](https://www.edgepedia.org/na-in-woo), aired on tvN in 16 episodes and ranked No.1 in average ratings among all tvN Monday–Tuesday dramas; internationally it placed third on NME's list of \"The 10 Best Korean Dramas of 2024\" and became the first Korean drama to top Prime Video's global daily TV show rankings.[6](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enm-brings-marry-my-husband-to-japan/)\n\nJapanese commentary describes the two versions as different in tone. The Korean series runs at a roller-coaster pace as a revenge drama, with a strong \"spicy\" flavor and an additional villain in the second half, the chaebol (large family-controlled South Korean conglomerate) heir's ex-fiancée (played by BoA), who does not exist in the Japanese version.[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) • [8](https://www.elle.com/jp/culture/movie-tv/g65545906/watashino-otto-review-250730/) The Japanese version, at 10 episodes, is described as softer and more comedy-tinged, with Japanese-original touches in characterization and psychological description; some viewers of the original and the Korean version found it lighter in tension and shallower in episode detail as a result.[11](https://himatoa.com/watashi-no-otto-japan-korea-review/) Producer Song characterized the difference as direct entertainment in the Korean version versus deeper emotion, psychology, and sensibility in the Japanese one.[9](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2263614)\n\n## Reception\n\nWithin 30 days of its June 27, 2025 release, the Japanese version recorded the highest domestic viewership of any Amazon Original drama in that window, and its Prime Video user rating averaged 4.3 out of 5, close to the Korean version's 4.6.[5](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341) On IMDb it scored 8.2 out of 10.[8](https://www.elle.com/jp/culture/movie-tv/g65545906/watashino-otto-review-250730/) In its opening weeks it held the No.1 position on Prime Video's Japan TV top 10, with the Korean version at No.2 as of July 10, 2025.[3](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0149770) CJ ENM reported that the series drew attention for its fresh take, fast pacing, and lead performances.[12](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enms-marry-my-husband-tops-prime-video/) Viewer reactions split by taste: some reviewers preferred the Japanese version's detail and foreshadowing and Koshiba's transformation from unpolished to glamorous, while others preferred the Korean version's harsher revenge beats and Park Min-young's styling.[13](https://filmarks.com/dramas/14557/19836/reviews/20297604)\n\n## References\n\n1. [CJ ENM Japan launches drama production business; Japanese drama Marry My Husband announced (June 27, 2025)](https://cjenm.jp/news/detail/122/)\n2. [Marry My Husband first trailer, Prime Video (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szIwAwnKPu4)\n3. [The appeal of Marry My Husband: producer Song Ja-yeong on the leads and the expanded romance, Cinema Today (July 11, 2025)](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0149770)\n4. [Drama Marry My Husband, Toyohashi Film Commission location page](https://toyohashi-fc.com/performance/2775/)\n5. [What makes Marry My Husband interesting? Differences from the Korean version, Cinema Today (August 14, 2025)](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0150341)\n6. [CJ ENM Brings 'Marry My Husband' to Japan, CJ Newsroom (May 9, 2025)](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enm-brings-marry-my-husband-to-japan/)\n7. [Producer of the Japan-Korea drama Marry My Husband on the future of Asian content and casting Takeru Satoh, CINRA (December 5, 2025)](https://www.cinra.net/article/202512-jayuropicturesinc_ienkmktcl)\n8. [Four reasons the Japanese Marry My Husband caused a sensation, ELLE Japan (July 30, 2025)](https://www.elle.com/jp/culture/movie-tv/g65545906/watashino-otto-review-250730/)\n9. [Fuka Koshiba and Takeru Satoh on being told not to watch the Korean version, Kstyle (June 26, 2025)](https://kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=2263614)\n10. [One year after the Marry My Husband Japan production announcement, Korea.net](https://japanese.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=297516&pageIndex=1)\n11. [Japanese version reviews and differences from the Korean version, Hima to Drama to Watashi](https://himatoa.com/watashi-no-otto-japan-korea-review/)\n12. [CJ ENM's 'Marry My Husband' Tops Prime Video, CJ Newsroom (July 14, 2025)](https://newsroom.cj.net/cj-enms-marry-my-husband-tops-prime-video/)\n13. 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