Enjiya (2021)

Original title

演じ屋

Directed by

Noguchi Teruo

Cast

Nao, Isomura Hayato, Kasahara Shinji, Aoyama Noriko, Kurauchi Hideki, Kato Yuzuna, Imai Kosuke, Tokunaga Eri

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 13 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman who works as an actor for hire takes on clients who need someone to play a role in their real lives. She helps a struggling writer by acting as his family member, blurring the line between performance and personal truth.

theatricalintimatequirkyemotionally chargedslow-burncharacter-drivenmelancholic

What happens

『演じ屋』（えんじや）は、2021年7月30日から9月3日までWOWOWプライムでオリジナルドラマとして放送されたテレビドラマ。全6回。主演は奈緒と磯村勇斗。 2024年5月24日より、シーズン2を『演じ屋 Re:act』のタイトルで放送された。全7回。 以下、本稿では便宜上、第1作を「S1」、Season2を「S2」の略称で表記する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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