Like a Girl Playing House

Like a Girl Playing House (2016)


  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • First Air Date: 2016-08-30
  • Last Air Date: 2016-10-18
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 8
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: NHK
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Networks: NHK BS Premium
  • Director: Hideo Nakata

Summary

Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in tow. Shigeko entrusts him to Eiko and disappears after she leaves a farewell letter. As Eiko looks at the innocent Daiji, she is reminded of her own past. The two of them who have no one to turn to, begin a life together as fake mother and son in this peculiar and yet heartrending story.

  • Keywords: based on manga, tragic past, child abandonment, pretend relationship, mother son relationship
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    Like a Girl Playing House Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2016-08-30
    8 Episodes

    Like a Girl Playing House Episodes

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    • Sakura Ando

      as Onchi Eiko
    • Harutomo Koyama

      as Daiji
    • Asami Usuda

      as Shigeko
    • Kanji Furutachi

      as Maizen Shin
    • Kaito Takamura

      as Maizen Hikari
    • Toshie Negishi

      as Snack bar owner
    • Tetta Sugimoto

      as Tachibana
    Directing Hideo Nakata Director
    Writing Noriaki Sugihara Screenplay
    Writing Hiroko Matsuda Original Story
    Sound Hidekazu Sakamoto Original Music Composer

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