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Marriageable Age (1994)

Marriageable Age poster
Original title
適齢期
Directed by
Ijima Toshihiro, Suzuki Toshimasa, Gokita Ryoichi
Cast
Mikami Hiroshi, Kikuchi Momoko, Nakajima Tomoko, Watanabe Ikkei, Terawaki Yasufumi, Mizuki Kaoru, Unno Keiko, Murata Takehiro
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A salaryman from the countryside moves to Tokyo and builds a decent life with work and a girlfriend. An unexpected family issue about inheriting the orchard forces him to reconsider marriage, and he signs up for a matchmaking service.

romanticmelancholicslow-burnthoughtfulslightly tensedomesticpoignant

What happens

『適齢期』(てきれいき)は、1994年4月15日から7月1日まで、TBS系「金曜ドラマ」枠で放送された日本のテレビドラマ。主演は三上博史、全12話。 主人公の国分翔平は、山梨県から上京し、大手メーカーに勤めるサラリーマン。仕事も充実し、恋人である高瀬真琴との関係も良好だが、ひょんなことから自身の実家である果樹農家の後継者問題に巻き込まれ、それをきっかけに真琴との関係も雲行きが怪しくなりはじめる。翔平は結婚相手を求め、なかば仕方なしに結婚情報サービス会社に登録する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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