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Omoi Bashi

1973 · 1 season

A gentle, slow-moving domestic drama that settles you into the rhythms of a family-run inn and its everyday heartaches.

Created by: Genyo Takahashi, Keisuke Kinoshita
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Chikage Awashima

Overview: A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn

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Created by: Genyo Takahashi, Keisuke Kinoshita
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Chikage Awashima

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
work
love
trauma
healing
Places: workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family
Created by: Genyo Takahashi, Keisuke Kinoshita
Written by: Genyo Takahashi
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Chikage Awashima, Kyoko Kamimura, Masami Naka, Tokue Hanazawa
Music: Chūji Kinoshita
Length: 1 seasons, 26 episodes, 30 min each
Network: JNN
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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