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In the Name of Love

1992 · 1 season

A gentle, wistful look at young friends discovering that adult life is harder than school promised, carried by warmth and quiet disappointment.

Created by: Kozo Nagayama, Noboru Sugiyama
Genres: Drama
Starring: Honami Suzuki, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yosuke Eguchi

Overview: Seven good buddies left school and stepped into society. Each then finds life out there not as carefree as it used to be. Their courage, optimism and confidence are also worn off slowly by the cunning reality. After a series of hurdles, they get a deeper understanding of their friendship and treasure it even more. --DramaWiki

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Created by: Kozo Nagayama, Noboru Sugiyama
Genres: Drama
Starring: Honami Suzuki, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yosuke Eguchi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: friendship
coming-of-age
love
work
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Created by: Kozo Nagayama, Noboru Sugiyama, Isamu Nakae
Written by: Shinji Nojima
Starring: Honami Suzuki, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yosuke Eguchi, Kei Yamamoto, Eri Fukatsu, Yoriko Doguchi, Yui Natsukawa, Tamotsu Ishibashi
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 60 min each
Network: Fuji TV
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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