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Don't Forget Me

2018 · 1 season

A tender, heartbreaking romance that slowly turns into a meditation on memory and loss, anchored by quiet, earnest performances.

Created by
Fuminori Kaneko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoko Natsuki, Yosuke Sugino, Erika Toda
Overview
Nao Kitazawa’s life is good. She is busy working as a doctor at a women’s clinic, and will be getting married in a month to Yuichi Ihara, an older doctor who fits her ideal characteristics of a perfect marriage partner. However, on the day of her move to her new home, she meets Shinji Mamiya, a part-time mover, and is instantly love-struck. After Nao’s aggressive approach, Shinji soon starts to feel the same way. When Nao’s mother, Kaoru, finds out about their mutual feelings, she instantly disapproves saying that their background and level of education are just too different. Just around this time, Nao starts to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease…

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Created by
Fuminori Kaneko
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoko Natsuki, Yosuke Sugino, Erika Toda
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
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
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Fuminori Kaneko
Written by
Shizuka Oishi
Starring
Yoko Natsuki, Yosuke Sugino, Erika Toda, Takeshi Tomizawa, Tamiyo Kusakari, Masahiro Matsuoka, Jun Hashizume, Ena Koshino
Music
Shin Kono
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 50 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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