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Family of Three

1968–1969 · 1 season

A gentle, good-natured domestic drama that ambles along warmly, trading on small everyday encounters and quiet charm rather than conflict.

Created by
Keisuke Kinoshita, Taichi Yamada
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Muga Takewaki, Komaki Kurihara, Teruhiko Aoi
Overview
The drama features two families, the all-male Shibata family and the all-female Inaba family, and depicts the interactions between the two families with many amusing and heartwarming episodes.

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Created by
Keisuke Kinoshita, Taichi Yamada
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Muga Takewaki, Komaki Kurihara, Teruhiko Aoi
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
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    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    family, drama
    Created by
    Keisuke Kinoshita, Taichi Yamada
    Written by
    Taichi Yamada
    Starring
    Muga Takewaki, Komaki Kurihara, Teruhiko Aoi, Masao Mishima, Masami Sawada, Natsuko Kahara, Ichirō Nakatani, Kin Sugai
    Music
    Chūji Kinoshita
    Length
    1 seasons, 26 episodes, 30 min each
    Network
    TBS, JNN
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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