Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako moves into her neighborhood, so too does a new world of sophistication and sex. After Takigawa is nearly caught in the act, Sasamoto covers for her during the ensuing aftermath, unwittingly involving herself with a handsome teacher named Kitano Yuichi — and discovering her own desires for extramarital passions.
Details
First Aired: 7/17/2014
Languages: Japanese
Created by: Yumiko Inoue
Type: Scripted
Production
Fuji TVCompanies: Fuji TV Drama Production Center, Fuji Television Network, KADOKAWA Daiei Studio
Countries: Japan
Where to watch · US
Seasons
Season 1
Specials
1 episode
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Reviews
ParkMin
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.
