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Imo Tako Nankin

2006–2007 · 1 season

A gentle, everyday comfort watch that blends small domestic comedy with quiet perseverance, unfolding in short, warm slices of life.

Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Naomi Fujiyama, Jun Kunimura, Kyōko Kagawa
Overview
The series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware store in Osaka City while doing literary work. One day, she falls ill due to overwork and falls in love with Tokunaga Kenjiro, the doctor who examines her. Kenjiro and Machiko marry. But Kenjiro, who lost his first wife to illness, lives not just with his five children, but his brother, sister, and parents. In a comical and heart-warming way, the drama depicts Machiko's struggle with the new family while pursuing her career as a novelist.

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Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Naomi Fujiyama, Jun Kunimura, Kyōko Kagawa
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • work
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Starring
Naomi Fujiyama, Jun Kunimura, Kyōko Kagawa, Tomoko Tabata, Ittoku Kishibe, Ayumi Ishida, Chikage Awashima
Length
1 seasons, 151 episodes, 15 min each
Network
NHK G
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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