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What a Wonderful Life

1993 · 1 season

A quiet, earnest romance that lingers on wounded trust and the slow thaw of a guarded heart.

Created by
Hisashi Nozawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Yuji Oda, Yasuko Tomita
Overview
Yume (Asano) is a single mother raising a now teenage daughter, Haruka, by herself. She has trouble trusting men, as Haruka's real father Kunio left before Haruka was born, and her first marriage ended when her husband cheated on her. It is then though that she meets Kunio's younger brother, Mitsugu (played by Oda). He falls for her immediately, and sets out to win her heart despite her disbelief.

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Created by
Hisashi Nozawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Yuji Oda, Yasuko Tomita
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • healing
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Hisashi Nozawa
Written by
Hisashi Nozawa
Starring
Atsuko Asano, Yuji Oda, Yasuko Tomita, Rie Tomosaka, Koichi Sato, Ken Tanaka, Asaka Seto
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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