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Kyouen NG

2020 · 1 season

A tense, backstage look at old grudges and fragile egos, balancing quiet drama with gentle satire of show business.

Genres
Drama
Overview
"No co-starring" between popular actor Toyama Eiji and actress Ohzono Hitomi is an open secret in the industry. The couple used to date but they broke up after an event. Since then, they have never co-star in the same work. However, this will be the first time in 25 years that the duo will co-star in a large-scale drama as lead roles. Moreover, the other actors who are also participating in the drama also mentioned "no co-starring" among each other. Will the two be able to work in harmony after many years of resentment? Will the drama be able to complete successfully?

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Drama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • celebrity
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • media
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
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
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Kiichi Nakai, Kyoka Suzuki, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Takumi Saitoh, Jun Hashimoto, Tsubaki Nekoze, Yumi Wakatsuki, Lily Franky
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 54 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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