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The Album on the Shore

1977 · 1 season

A quiet, painful look at a family quietly coming apart, told with patience and a heavy heart.

Created by
Taichi Yamada
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshiko Nakada, Tomiyuki Kunihiro
Overview
The drama depicts the crisis of a couple in the midst of a malaise, the anguish of their children as they grow into adulthood, the disintegration of their family, and finally the collapse of their house due to water damage.

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Created by
Taichi Yamada
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshiko Nakada, Tomiyuki Kunihiro
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
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
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Created by
Taichi Yamada
Written by
Taichi Yamada
Starring
Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshiko Nakada, Tomiyuki Kunihiro, Naoki Sugiura, Muga Takewaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Jun Fubuki
Length
1 seasons, 15 episodes, 54 min each
Network
TBS, JNN
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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