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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

2020 · 1 season

A gentle, offbeat slice-of-life that ambles through small awkward encounters, quietly funny and tender without ever raising its voice.

Created by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kyoko Yoshine, Kanji Furutachi, Kenichi Takitoh

Overview: A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rental father/uncle service and they have to deal with issues from their clients.

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Created by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kyoko Yoshine, Kanji Furutachi, Kenichi Takitoh

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
found family
work
identity
loneliness
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
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Genres: drama, comedy
Created by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written by: Akiko Nogi
Starring: Kyoko Yoshine, Kanji Furutachi, Kenichi Takitoh, Kankuro Kudo, Yuko Nakamura, Mikako Ichikawa, Yukino Kishii, Takumi Matsuzawa
Music: Shu Oh
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 30 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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