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しあわせのシッポ (2002)

しあわせのシッポ poster
Directed by
Sasaki Akimitsu, Fujio Takashi
Cast
Mizuno Miki, Nagatsuka Kyozo, Sakaguchi Kenji, Hara Sachie, Sano Shiro, Kokubu Sachiko, Koizumi Kotaro, Niiyama Chiharu
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 8 episodes

How it feels

A young woman lives alone after her parents divorced when she was young and her mother died. Her estranged father suddenly reappears after 20 years.

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What happens

『しあわせのシッポ』は、2002年4月11日から6月27日までTBS系列で毎週木曜22:00 - 22:54に放送された日本のテレビドラマ。主演は水野美紀。 幼い頃に父と母が離婚、彼女を引き取った母も亡くなり、今は独りで暮らしている。そんな美桜の前に、20年間会ったことのなかった父親・八朗が突然現れる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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