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Shikyu Renai

2025 · 1 season

A quiet, emotionally charged drama about forbidden feelings and marital distance, unfolding with patient tension and romantic melancholy.

Created by
Akinori Ito, Naomi Kinoshita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Airi Matsui, Yusuke Onuki, Sawamura Rei
Tagline
My uterus fell in Love. But it was with someone else, not my husband.
Overview
Maki Tomita, a reserved sales assistant, finds herself torn between her distant husband and her growing feelings for a concerned colleague after a sudden kiss, while suspecting her husband may be involved with her senior.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Akinori Ito, Naomi Kinoshita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Airi Matsui, Yusuke Onuki, Sawamura Rei
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Akinori Ito, Naomi Kinoshita
Written by
Sahoko Yamazaki
Starring
Airi Matsui, Yusuke Onuki, Sawamura Rei, Miyu Yoshimoto
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 25 min each
Network
YTV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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