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At the Soul of an Actor

2006 · 1 season

A quiet, sincere look behind the curtain of show business, more interested in the people than the glamour.

Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Takako Matsu, Makoto Fujita, Mirai Moriyama
Overview
It's a drama that depicts the backside of the entertainment industry. A drama about the relationship between a celebrity and her manager

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Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Takako Matsu, Makoto Fujita, Mirai Moriyama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • celebrity
  • work
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • ambition
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Starring
Takako Matsu, Makoto Fujita, Mirai Moriyama, Teruyuki Kagawa, Naho Toda, Tsuyoshi Abe, Mari Hamada, Rosa Kato
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 60 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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