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The Men of the WADA Family

2021 · 1 season

A gentle, grounded family drama about estranged men reconnecting, carried by quiet warmth and everyday work life.

Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Masaki Aiba, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yasunori Danta
Overview
Yū Wada is 37 years old. He has worked for a company the past 15 years, but the COVID-19 outbreak caused the company to go bankrupt. He now makes a living as a deliveryman. One day, while he is doing his job, he meets his grandfather, Kan Wada, and stepfather, Shūhei Wada, for the first time in many years. When Yū was 10 years old, his mother married Shūhei Wada, but his mother later died. After the death of his mother, Yū continued to live with his stepfather. He eventually moved out after he graduated from a university and got a job. Since Yū moved out, his relationship with Shūhei has become estranged. Now, Yū begins to live with his stepfather Shūhei and grandfather Kan. By a friend's recommendation, Yū begins to work as a reporter for an online news site. Meanwhile, Shūhei works as a general producer at a broadcasting station and Kan works as an editorial writer for a newspaper.

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Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Masaki Aiba, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yasunori Danta
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • family
  • parenthood
  • work
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
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
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, family
Starring
Masaki Aiba, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yasunori Danta, Eiko Koike, Ren Ishikawa, Ryusuke Komakine, Takashi Okabe, Miho Miyazawa
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 60 min each
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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