TV series

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

2005 · 1 season

A gentle, bittersweet period drama that lets you live alongside a difficult marriage, warm and funny one moment, quietly heartbreaking the next.

Overview: A Meiji era home drama about the great writer Soseki Natsume and his wife Kyōko. A story of love and tears of a funny couple starring Rie Miyazawa and Masahiro Motoki!
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, whimsical and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Love, family, identity, work
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
family
identity
work
memory
Places: home
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild