TV series

Red Suspicion

1975 · 1 season

A slow, wrenching melodrama that piles illness, secret parentage and forbidden love onto one girl, leaving you drained and moved.

Overview: Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, death, love
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
death
love
betrayal
Places: hospital
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild