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Season of the Sun (2002)

Season of the Sun poster
Original title
taiyou no kisetsu
Directed by
Nobuhiro Doi
Cast
Takizawa Hideaki, Ikewaki Chizuru, Okada Yoshinori, Matsumoto Rio, Takaoka Sousuke, Oshinari Shugo, Arai Hirofumi, Ishibashi Kei
Genre
drama television series, Romanticism
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 11 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man navigates a complicated romance set against a backdrop of family conflict and personal ambition. The story explores the consequences of a love that breaks social expectations.

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What happens

Taiyo no Kisetsu (太陽の季節, lit. Season of the Sun) is a Japanese drama TV miniseries which first aired on July 7, 2002. It starred Hideaki Takizawa and was directed by Nobuhiro Doi. The program was a remake of an earlier film of the same name, released in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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