Hirugao

2017

2h 5m

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5.3/10

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Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.

Directors

Hiroshi Nishitani

Writers

Yumiko Inoue(screenplay by)

Stars

Aya Ueto

Takumi Saitoh

Ayumi Ito

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Sawa Sasamoto

Yuichiro Kitano

Noriko Kitano

Naoto Sugisaki

Kinue Tajiri

Ayu Matsumoto

Professor Sakagami

Detective Sakurai

Fishmonger

Ice Shop Owner

Noriko's Father

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Yumiko Inoue(screenplay by)

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You'd think there was room for this deep dive into human desires and the messiness of relationships, but the drama just stumbled into this predictable mess of melodrama and characters you could barely see through. The characters were supposedly torn apart by the whole moral dilemma of their sneaky affairs but they did the bare minimum in that regard. Even the romantic tension felt too forced, superficial and lacking. The drama would've benefited from focusing on the main infidelity only. In comparison, all the previous points also applies to the KR version except that they were less drastic and detached than this one.

ParkMin20 Feb, 2024