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Love is Never to Regret

1996 · 1 season

A slow, earnest melodrama that lingers on forbidden longing and quiet anguish, asking patience as it unfolds its secrets.

Created by
Miki Nemoto, Shingo Matsubara
Starring
Naoto Ogata, Nene Otsuka, Megumi Yokoyama
Overview
This is a drama of forbidden love between a sister and her brother. Complicated by the dark secret of the sister's birth, and the brother's affections for another lover, the story is of the deep search in our times for pure love, a love which is given without hope of return.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Miki Nemoto, Shingo Matsubara
Starring
Naoto Ogata, Nene Otsuka, Megumi Yokoyama
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How it feels

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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
    • family
    • identity
    • obsession
    • betrayal
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance7
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Created by
    Miki Nemoto, Shingo Matsubara, Toshimasa Suzuki, Takamichi Yamada
    Written by
    Masao Yajima
    Starring
    Naoto Ogata, Nene Otsuka, Megumi Yokoyama, Rumiko Koyanagi, Kazuyuki Aijima
    Music
    Shiro Sato
    Length
    1 seasons, 11 episodes
    Network
    TBS
    Languages
    Japanese

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