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Blue Bird

1997 · 1 season

A slow, sweeping melodrama of doomed romance, carrying you through gorgeous landscapes on a quiet tide of longing and sorrow.

Created by
Hirotsugu Takenoshita, Nobuhiro Doi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Etsushi Toyokawa, Yui Natsukawa, Anne Suzuki
Overview
A tale of tragic love between Yoshimori, a station employee at a quiet, rural station, and Kahori, the wife of the heir to a family fortune. When Kahori's husband uncovers their affair, the star-crossed lovers try to flee with Kahori's daughter. Their search for safety and happiness takes them across the nation, from Hokkaido to Kagoshima. Filmed on location, this is an unforgettable story of romance told against the backdrop of some of the most beautiful scenery in Japan. --TBS

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Created by
Hirotsugu Takenoshita, Nobuhiro Doi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Etsushi Toyokawa, Yui Natsukawa, Anne Suzuki
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • betrayal
    • isolation
    • family
    • fate
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance8
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Hirotsugu Takenoshita, Nobuhiro Doi
    Written by
    Hisashi Nozawa
    Starring
    Etsushi Toyokawa, Yui Natsukawa, Anne Suzuki, Maiko Yamada, Hiromi Nagasaku, Shiro Sano, Takashi Ukaji
    Length
    1 seasons, 11 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
    TBS
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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