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Learn from Experience, Part One

1937 · 78 min

A quiet, gently sorrowful melodrama of love bent by family duty, unfolding with patient restraint and a muted ache.

Overview: Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro’s father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the marriage meeting with Yurie. Part one of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, family, class, betrayal
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: love
family
class
betrayal
trauma
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none