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Okusama: Hisokana yorokobi
2000 · 60 min
A quiet, soft-focus domestic drama that drifts between tangled crushes and uneasy family tensions, watching desire and awkwardness simmer gently without much urgency.
- Directed by
- Yutaka Ikejima
- Starring
- Shiori Kawamura, Mayuko Sasaki, Kanae Mizuhara
- Overview
- The Miyoshi family consists of three members: Reiko (the wife), Sugio (the husband), and Tsubaki (their son). Into this household comes Megumi—Reiko’s niece—who has traveled to Tokyo to take university entrance exams. Tsubaki has a girlfriend named Arisa. Megumi harbors a crush on an upperclassman named Natsukawa, who is himself in love with Arisa; however, Arisa had rejected the uncool Natsukawa in favor of dating Tsubaki. Megumi is nonetheless shocked to witness Natsukawa still pursuing Arisa. Amidst this situation, Sugio’s father, Tokuzo, returns home after being kicked out of his nursing home. The lecherous Tokuzo immediately sets his sights on Megumi...
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, cynical and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, obsession, love, identity
- Content
- Strong sexual content. Mild language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Yutaka Ikejima
- Starring
- Shiori Kawamura, Mayuko Sasaki, Kanae Mizuhara
