Three families, one city, zero sugarcoating — 1969 Tokyo doesn't care about your feelings.
Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestThe drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family consisting of two brothers and their parents; a family with a father and a daughter who are not well organized; and a girl who has moved from the countryside to Tokyo to live alone in the whirlwind of the big city, desperately trying to survive.
Writing
Taichi Yamada's scripts feel stolen from real lives.
Direction
Kinoshita captures 1969 Tokyo like a documentary ghost.
Acting
Keiko Tsushima's country-girl ache is quietly shattering.
Creators
Keisuke Kinoshita, Taichi Yamada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Taichi Yamada wrote this while still processing his own rural-to-Tokyo trauma; the girl's apartment was based on his first room.
TBS aired this during Japan's 'New Family' debate — conservative critics called it 'anti-Japanese' for showing broken homes so plainly.
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