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Woman

2013 · 1 season

A quiet, emotionally raw look at a mother's daily struggle, asking patience and rewarding it with deep empathy.

Created by
Jun Aizawa, Nobuo Mizuta
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Hikari Mitsushima, Yuko Tanaka, Shun Oguri
Overview
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.

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Created by
Jun Aizawa, Nobuo Mizuta
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Hikari Mitsushima, Yuko Tanaka, Shun Oguri
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • politics
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Created by
Jun Aizawa, Nobuo Mizuta
Written by
Yuji Sakamoto
Starring
Hikari Mitsushima, Yuko Tanaka, Shun Oguri, Mitsuki Tanimura, Fumi Nikaido, Takahiro Miura, Asami Usuda, Issey Takahashi
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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