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Pieces of Autumn

1973 · 1 season

A slow, uncomfortable family drama that quietly exposes the cracks beneath ordinary Japanese domestic life.

Created by
Yasuo Inoshita
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Keiju Kobayashi, Ichirō Ogura, Yoshiko Kuga
Overview
University student Minoru Niijima is a timid young man who gives up on his girlfriend's older brother after being threatened by him. Minoru's father, Seiichi, is a tired office worker nearing retirement, and his mother, Reiko, is an ordinary housewife who is considerate of her husband and believes her children are well-behaved. Minoru's older brother, Shigeru, works as a bed salesman. He is a nuisance to Minoru, as he is rough and always brags about his work. Minoru's younger sister, Yoko, is a second-year high school student, but to Minoru, she still has the childishness of a middle school student. One day, Minoru is persuaded by his university friend, Karaki, to commit a sexual assault on a train. Unfortunately, the girl he chooses is a female student from a delinquent group, and he ends up being beaten up by the delinquent group. However, the new member of the group who appears before Minoru is his younger sister Yoko.

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Created by
Yasuo Inoshita
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Keiju Kobayashi, Ichirō Ogura, Yoshiko Kuga
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
Chūji Kinoshita
Length
1 seasons, 15 episodes, 56 min each
Network
JNN
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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