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Just the Way We Are

1992 · 1 season

A quiet, intimate character study of two women's bond, unfolding slowly with emotional honesty and a lingering sense of uncertainty.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The story is about an unlikely friendship between two women. This intimate look at two lives chronicles their struggle with love, loyalty, and fulfillment. Two women with seemingly different outlooks on life come together against all odds in a fragile attempt to seek out the best of what they have to offer each other and themselves. Can their unexpected friendship survive affairs of the heart? An honest tale of two women unfolds with an end as uncertain as the friendship which drew them together.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest, romantic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Friendship, love, loyalty, identity
Content
Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Michio Mitsuno, Rieko Miyamoto
Written by
Eriko Kitagawa
Starring
Narumi Yasuda, Akina Nakamori, Mikihisa Azuma, Koji Matoba, Kiyoshi Kodama, Akiko Hoshino
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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