TV series

Tokyo Suburbia

1979 · 1 season

Quietly tense domestic drama where ordinary parents confront their children's choices and slowly reckon with what family means.

Overview: Two couples are confronted with the fact that their children have dropped out of high school and started living together. This drama questions the meaning of “life” as they overcome a series of incidents.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, coming-of-age, parenthood, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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
parenthood
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild