Underplayed Gems

Towako Omameda and Her Three Ex-husbands (2021)

Towako Omameda and Her Three Ex-husbands poster
Original title
大豆田とわ子と三人の元夫
Directed by
Nakae Kazuhito, Ikeda Chihiro, Taki Yusuke
Cast
Matsu Takako, Kinoshita Kei, Takamaru Emiri, Matsuda Ryuhei, Kakuta Akihiro, Okada Masaki, Toyoshima Hana, Iwamatsu Ryo
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
NC16
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 40-year-old woman raises her teenage daughter and runs a construction company while navigating the chaos caused by her three ex-husbands. Her attempts to live a fulfilled life keep bringing her closer to their antics.

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What happens

Omameda Towako and Her Three Ex-Husbands (大豆田とわ子と三人の元夫, Omameda Towako to Sannin no Motootto), or Towako Omameda and Her Three Ex-Husbands, also known by the abbreviation Mameo (まめ夫), is a Japanese television drama series. The official English title is My Dear Exes. It stars Takako Matsu as the titular character, a 40-year-old woman who, after three marriages that ended in divorce, is raising her teenage daughter while becoming the head of a construction company. Her attempts to succeed and live a fulfilled life only bring her closer to the antics of her ex-husbands (Ryuhei Matsuda, Akihiro Kakuta, Masaki Okada). Scripted by Yuji Sakamoto, who previously worked with Matsu and Matsuda on the drama Quartet, Omameda Towako was conceived as a "new kind of romantic comedy" and "chatty drama," where attention would be placed on the fast-flowing dialogue between actors. Upon release, the show received acclaim for its story and performances. Although it received a low average viewership rating of 6.1% upon its initial airing on KTV, a subsequent release on Netflix in Japan gave it a larger audience and success on social media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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