The domestic labor debate hits harder when your toddler is screaming and dinner's burning.
47 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestShiho (Mikako Tabe) decides to go and see her father, Junya (Naoto Ogata), who she believes is also trapped in the times. Housework brings the family together... I chose this path in life, crying and laughing!
Shiho Murakami is a housewife who struggles to raise her 2-year-old daughter and complete her housework. She happens to meet and interact with various people such as a working mother, an elite bureaucrat, who all have similar problems related to housework.
Acting
Mikako Tabe's exhaustion reads in every micro-expression.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like eavesdropping on real kitchens.
Direction
Tight frames make claustrophobia feel intentional, not accidental.
Mikako Tabe
Shiho Murakami
Noriko Eguchi
Reiko Nagano
Dean Fujioka
Tatsuya Nakatani
Wataru Ichinose
Torao Murakami
Nagai Kana
Ichigo Murakami
Hiroko Shimabukuro
Juri Nakatani
Momoko Tanabe
Shoko Tsutamura
Leo Matsumoto
Naoki Imai
Kawanishi Kenshiro
Ryohei Nagano
Tomo Nakai
Mizuki Sarashina
Mamoru Hagiwara
Akira Yoshina
Nagisa Nishino
Waka Ishihara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japan's 2022 cabinet report showed women still do 4.5x more housework than men—this series landed right as policy debates intensified.
Director Takemura specifically cast actual mothers in supporting roles; Noriko Eguchi's monologue in episode 7 was partially improvised from her own experience.
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