A miscarriage on Christmas Eve kicks off the messiest romance in Yokohama.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestThe story revolves around a bar and a poor church in downtown Yokohama , a port town . Kazami Yobuko is a singer and hostess at the bar . The bar originally belonged to Yobuko's mother, Ranko, but Ranko committed an assault and is serving time in prison, and the bar now belongs to Tsukiyo. This is the story of the twists and turns of the love story between Yobuko and a poor pastor , Shioya Isaku. The story begins on Christmas Eve, when Isaku helps Yobuko, who is suffering from a miscarriage .
Acting
Kaori Momoi's volcanic presence as a woman trapped by her mother's sins.
Direction
Yoshino's Yokohama: all neon reflections and crumbling faith.
Writing
Bar hostess + pastor = the most unhinged 'will they/won't they' of 1980s J-drama.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1980s Yokohama port dramas obsessed with bar hostesses as tragic heroines — this is peak 'moga' melancholia repackaged for television. Mariko Okada's casting connects it to Ozu's legacy.
Masako Natsume died tragically young in 1985; this series captures her final television work before her iconic 'Journey to the West' role that same year.
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