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Love is Still Necessary

2002 · 1 season

A slow, character-driven drama about a selfish man scheming his way into a grieving family's money.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Rage, a pimp who only loves money and himself, is sent to jail for 6 months. While he is in the jail, Rage’s partner, Reiji, dies in a traffic accident. Released from prison, Rage finds himself having lost everything but a debt of 6 million dollars. One day, Rage is visited by a lawyer that mistakes him for Reiji. According to the lawyer, Reiji’s father died and left him a large inheritance. Reiji’s only other living relative is his blind sister. Rage smells money and hatches a plan to pretend to be Reiji and steal his money.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Greed, deception, family, redemption
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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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
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Yukihiko Tsutsumi
    Written by
    Yukari Tatsui
    Starring
    Ryoko Hirosue, Atsuro Watabe, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kazuma Suzuki, Ryoko Sakaguchi, Leo Morimoto
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
    Network
    TBS
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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