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On a Starry Night

2023 · 1 season

A quiet, tender romance that unfolds gently against a seaside backdrop, balancing warmth and melancholy as it contemplates life's beginnings and endings.

Created by
Shizuka Oishi
Genres
Drama
Overview
Suzu Yukimiya, an obstetrician and gynaecologist who works at a hospital in a tranquil sea town, meets Issei Hiiragi, 10 years her junior. He works as a relic collector, a job that is gaining attention in the aging society of Japan. This is a love story between two people who are in charge of "The Beginning of Life" and "The End of Life".

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Created by
Shizuka Oishi
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • loneliness
  • death
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • hospital
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Created by
Shizuka Oishi
Written by
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Starring
Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takumi Kitamura, Dean Fujioka, Tsubaki Nekoze, Mijika Nagai, Riho Nakamura, Sakura Kiryu, Takuya Wakabayashi
Music
Masahiro Tokuda
Length
1 seasons, 9 episodes, 54 min each
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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