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The Good Wife

2019 · 1 season

A restrained, grown-up drama that watches a woman quietly rebuild her life while courtroom and family pressures close in.

Created by
Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres
Family, Drama
Overview
Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor. He works as the leader of a special investigation department at the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office, but he is charged with corruption and gets arrested. A scandal with another woman is also revealed. Kyoko Hasumi's life as a "good wife" begins to change. To protect her children, she decides to work again as a lawyer. She is hired temporarily at a law office and begins to work as a lawyer for the first time in 16 years.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, corruption, identity, justice
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres
Family, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    family, drama
    Created by
    Ayuko Tsukahara
    Starring
    Takako Tokiwa, Toshiaki Karasawa, Kotaro Koizumi, Takumi Kitamura, Kiko Mizuhara, Chikako Kaku, Kenichi Takitoh, Kotaro Yoshida
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes
    Network
    TBS, Paravi
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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