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No Side Game

2019 · 1 season

A steady, earnest workplace drama where corporate politics and underdog sports mix into a warm, mildly tense comeback story.

Created by
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Takako Matsu, Takaya Kamikawa
Overview
Mr Kimijima's star at the conglomerate is on the rise until he objects to his manager's pet project. Consequently, he is transferred to a manufacturing factory out in the provinces. Moreover, he is given the reins of the company's rugby team. The team is in a slump and not doing well. He would like the team to begin winning again, but what does he know about a game of running and diving and groping?

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Takako Matsu, Takaya Kamikawa
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • sport
  • redemption
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Written by
Kentaro Ushio
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Takako Matsu, Takaya Kamikawa, Ryohei Otani, Mitsuomi Takahashi, Gordon Maeda, Rena Sasamoto, Jingi Irie
Music
Takayuki Hattori
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 60 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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