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Things You Can Know by Looking at Them

2020 · 1 season

A quiet, talky drama about adults sorting through old feelings, best watched with attention to the small emotional shifts.

Created by
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Miho Nakayama, Yuko Oshima, Tae Kimura
Overview
Momoko Uchida lives in an expensive apartment in Tokyo. She is a manga writer. Momoko Uchida is in her second marriage and has a son attending a university. Her friend Mizuki Tomizawa is the same age her and lives in the same apartment building. One day, a newlywed couple, including wife Rumi Kamoi, move into the same apartment building. The newlywed husband is Momoko Uchida's ex-husband. They divorced 20 years ago.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Miho Nakayama, Yuko Oshima, Tae Kimura
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • memory
    • family
    • betrayal
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • 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
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Yoshihiro Fukagawa
    Written by
    沢木まひろ
    Starring
    Miho Nakayama, Yuko Oshima, Tae Kimura, Yusuke Kamiji, Keiko Horiuchi, Nana Katase, Yui Sakuma, Keiko Takahashi
    Music
    Shuichiro Fukuhiro
    Length
    1 seasons, 8 episodes, 50 min each
    Network
    WOWOW Prime
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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