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Pride

2004 · 1 season

A measured, earnest romance where athletic pride and emotional honesty collide, giving a steady, grown-up drama with a bittersweet edge.

Created by
Isamu Nakae, Kensaku Sawada
Genres
Drama
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Yuko Takeuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi
Overview
Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Isamu Nakae, Kensaku Sawada
Genres
Drama
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Yuko Takeuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • identity
  • sport
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Isamu Nakae, Kensaku Sawada, Hirai Hideki
Written by
Shinji Nojima
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Yuko Takeuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi, Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ryuta Sato, Saori Takizawa, Saburo Tokito, Yuriko Ishida
Music
Ryo Yoshimata
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 60 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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