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Arechi no Koi

9.0(1)20161 season · 5 episodes—
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
Type
Scripted
Last aired
2016-02-06
Language
Japanese
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  • poetry
  • based on novel or book
  • 1970s
  • forbidden love
  • poet
  • romance
  • extramarital affair
  • family conflict
  • post war japan
  • affair
  • middle age romance

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Japan

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Air dates

First aired
2016-01-09
Latest episode
2016-02-06
Status
Ended
Next release
Completed
  • Season 19 Jan 2016

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