101st Marriage Proposal 1991 (Japan), also known as 101 Proposals , The 101st Proposal , Hyakuikkaime no Puropozu , 101 Kaime no Puropozu is Japan drama premiere on Jul 1, 1991 on Fuji TV
101st Marriage Proposal is a "Beauty and the Beast" story starring Takeda Tetsuya (Virgin Road, 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei) as a down-on-his-luck man who has gone through 99 omiai (arranged dates with the intention of marriage if the date goes well). Not particularly smart, nor handsome, nor rich, he is a man who cannot lie and of course, has a heart of pure gold. On the 100th omiai, he meets Kaoru (Asano Atsuko), an extremely beautiful and talented cellist who can't forget her dead fiancee. --Dramawiki