Long Vacation
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Long Vacation DVD/Blu-Ray cover | |
| Kanji | ロングバケーション |
| Genre | Drama, romance |
| Written by | Eriko Kitagawa |
| Directed by | Kōzō Nagayama Masayuki Suzuki Hirotsugu Usui |
| Starring | Takuya Kimura Tomoko Yamaguchi |
| Music by | Cagnet |
| Opening theme | La La La Love Song by Toshinobu Kubota |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Original release | |
| Network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Release | 15 April – 24 June 1996 |
Long Vacation (ロングバケーション, also known as ロンバケ) is a Japanese television drama series from Fuji Television, first shown in Japan from 15 April to 24 June 1996.
The show's high ratings in Japan made Takuya Kimura popular in the Asia-Pacific region and is known as "The King of Ratings". It also made Tomoko Yamaguchi a known actress in Japan.
The characters in the series have something in common: if not jobless, they can do no better than secure a temporary job. This is a portrayal of a time when Japan was plagued by deep recession, when its people suffered profound depression from constant failure to earn a stable income. The series also portrays how relationships are made and broken, and explores how people come to depend on each other for solace.