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Waves of Spring

1985 · 1 season

A stately, richly textured historical drama that follows a bold woman's rise through a changing era, rewarding patient viewers with emotional depth.

Genres
Drama
Overview
The life and times of trailblazing actress Kawakami Sadayakko (Sada Yacco) from Meiji into Taishō, her marriage to orator-actor Kawakami Otojirō, ties to Fukuzawa Yukichi and magnate Fukuzawa Momosuke, and encounters with statesman Itō Hirobumi.
How it feels
Earnest, melancholic, romantic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, identity, love, power
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Written by
Takehiro Nakajima
Starring
Masatoshi Nakamura, Morio Kazama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masako Yagi, Fumi Dan, Keiju Kobayashi
Length
1 seasons, 50 episodes, 45 min each
Network
NHK
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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