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Best Friend

1987 · 1 season

A gentle, slow character study that quietly draws you into ordinary lives and small emotional shifts.

Overview
Akina Nakamori’s first appearance in a TV drama. The special depicts the process by which an office lady who comes from a rural area grows as a person through the way of life of a man who intrudes into the communal life of women.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, coming-of-age, friendship, work
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
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
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Starring
Akina Nakamori, Satomi Kobayashi
Length
1 seasons, 1 episodes, 96 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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