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Love of Sage

2016 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling plunge into obsession and revenge, where every quiet scene simmers with unease and psychological weight.

Created by
Takashi Minamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Miho Nakayama, Saki Takaoka, Ryo Ryusei
Overview
A woman has trained her ex-best friend's son to be her sexual slave for 20 years because her best friend stole her first love. What was meant to be revenge. Ending will come with great impact.

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Created by
Takashi Minamoto
Genres
Drama
Starring
Miho Nakayama, Saki Takaoka, Ryo Ryusei
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • obsession
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • power
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Takashi Minamoto
Written by
Sawa
Starring
Miho Nakayama, Saki Takaoka, Ryo Ryusei, Yōsuke Asari, Reiko Kusamura, Mayumi Asaka, Himeka Asami, Miku Uehara
Music
Hibiki Inamoto
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 40 min each
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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