... million adult Sasakis make "Koneko Monogatari" a briefly all-time #1 hit. (We would know it better as "Adv. of Milo & Otis".) As for "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World" (based on a bestseller at the time), believe that's the romance dorama you're looking for. Derek Janssen (darn, BoxOfficeMojo.com doesn't post Japan on the All-Time Intl.'s anymore) ejanss@comcast.net