TV series

Ai yori aoku

1972–1973 · 1 season

A slow, heartfelt postwar family saga that asks patience and rewards it with quiet emotional accumulation.

Overview: The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine, married to Shuichi who must go to war. She stays home and takes on the role of other war widows, managing business and a Chinese restaurant.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, survival, grief, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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
survival
grief
coming-of-age
isolation
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild