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My Loser Husband

2017 · 1 season

A gentle, cringe-inducing workplace comedy-drama that balances secondhand embarrassment with warm domestic tenderness.

Created by
Naoko Komuro, Tōya Satō
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ryo Nishikido, Mayu Matsuoka, Ayako Imoto
Overview
Tsukasa Kobayashi has the appearance and educational background of an elite and earns a good salary, but he is actually incompetent at his job and makes mistakes frequently, earning the ire of his co-workers. Tsukasa was about to quit his job after much humiliation at work when he learns that his wife is pregnant.

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Stream in the UK
  • Pinoy Box Office Amazon Channel
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Created by
Naoko Komuro, Tōya Satō
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ryo Nishikido, Mayu Matsuoka, Ayako Imoto
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • class
Places
  • workplace
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Naoko Komuro, Tōya Satō
Written by
Chiho Watanabe
Starring
Ryo Nishikido, Mayu Matsuoka, Ayako Imoto, Mitsu Dan, Kota Yabu, Miyu Yagyu, Miyu Yoshimoto, Hiroko Yashiki
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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