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Stepsisters

1985 · 1 season

A slow, earnest melodrama of class clash and emotional upheaval, played with sincerity and a steady pull toward reconciliation.

Created by
Nobuko Yoshiya
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kazue Itō, Keiko Watanabe, Shingo Tsurumi
Overview
A moving story of intense love, hate, and reconciliation born out of a fateful encounter between the only daughter of a conglomerate leader and a girl from a poor family.

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Created by
Nobuko Yoshiya
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kazue Itō, Keiko Watanabe, Shingo Tsurumi
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • class
    • love
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Nobuko Yoshiya
    Written by
    Takashi Ezure, Kiyohide Ohara
    Starring
    Kazue Itō, Keiko Watanabe, Shingo Tsurumi, Yuki Matsumura, Megumi Mori, Masaya Takahashi, Tetsuko Kobayashi, Sanae Kitabayashi
    Music
    Shunsuke Kikuchi
    Length
    1 seasons, 28 episodes, 46 min each
    Network
    TBS
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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