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White Runway (1974)

White Runway poster
Original title
白い滑走路
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 26 episodes

How it feels

A pilot returns from training in the United States to find his wife missing. He searches for her while dealing with his job and romantic feelings from a colleague and a woman whose husband died in a mountain accident.

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What happens

白い滑走路(しろいかっそうろ)は、1974年4月5日から9月27日までの26話連続で、TBS系列で放映されたテレビドラマ。田宮二郎主演の「白いシリーズ」の第2作である。 ボーイング747機種移行訓練のため、アメリカのモーゼスレイクで訓練を受けていた杉山。無事に試験に合格し、帰国すると、妻の綾子は失踪していた…。仕事の合間に妻の綾子を捜す一方で、折井薫は杉山に想いを寄せる。妻が失踪した杉山と夫が山で遭難した上条里子は破傷風の看病等で段々と接近するなか、困難を乗り越え、二人は結婚する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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