TV series

Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

2014 · 1 season

A slow, tense study of desire and guilt, watching quiet suburban lives unravel with melodramatic intensity.

Overview: Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako moves into her neighborhood, so too does a new world of sophistication and sex. After Takigawa is nearly caught in the act, Sasamoto covers for her during the ensuing aftermath, unwittingly involving herself with a handsome teacher named Kitano Yuichi — and discovering her own desires for extramarital passions.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, betrayal, guilt, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: love
betrayal
guilt
identity
isolation
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild