Breathless Summer

A quiet, emotionally heavy love story that asks you to sit with its characters' pain and longing.

Created by

Keita Kono, Takao Kinoshita

Genres

Drama

Starring

Emi Takei, Yosuke Eguchi, Fuka Koshiba

Overview

A 19-year-old girl burdened by a cruel destiny, a 41-year-old man living in atonement, and a forbidden love that cannot be accepted by the people around them. Breathless Summer is as much a social drama as it is a love story. Takei plays said girl who learns that her mother never recorded her birth in their family register. While falling into despair after finding out the secret about her birth yet wholeheartedly trying to live to regain "herself", she happens to run into a former journalist who is suffering from a deep scar in his heart himself. Although they could be father and daughter, they start to develop much stronger feelings for each other, a love forbidden by society.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, romantic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, love, isolation, family

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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