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Hometown Stories

2011 · 15 seasons

A quiet, humane half-hour of ordinary lives, offering calm attention and gentle emotional weight without drama or spectacle.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
lae astra
Overview
Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, work, identity, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
lae astra
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism10
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Starring
    lae astra
    Length
    15 seasons, 319 episodes, 30 min each
    Network
    NHK WORLD-JAPAN
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese, English

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