CinemaOSSeries · 2016 · 1 Season

Arechi no Koi

90%(1)Drama

In 1947, a year heavily tinged by the scars of war, Kitazawa Taro, Mitamura Kiichi, Arikawa Nobuo and other fellow poets who would play a central role in post-war Japan’s modern poetry movement gathered for the launch of the poetry magazine ‘Arechi’. 28 years later in 1975, a 53-year-old Kitazawa works at a newspaper’s proofreading department as he continues scrape by composing poetry. Although he is not prolific as a poet, he cherishes ordinary happiness every day surrounded by his wife Haruko and their daughter Yuko and son Sho. But a big turning point comes for Kitazawa one day. He develops frequent contact with Akiko, the wife of his good friend Mitamura. Falling in love with her, he abandons his job and leaves his wife Haruko and two children behind. As he starts to live with Akiko who has also left home, he recovers an unprecedented passion and “words”. Each of them start to live the life of the “wasteland”. --JDramas Weblog

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Status
Ended
Language
JA
First aired
January 9, 2016
Last aired
February 6, 2016
Seasons
1
Episodes
5
Network
WOWOW Prime

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Yasuko Tomita

Yasuko Tomita

Umika Kawashima

Umika Kawashima

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Mitamura Kiichi

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Creative team
Produced by
植田春菜
Akira Morishige

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