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白いシャツの女

白いシャツの女 poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

A woman hides a secret wound from her youth. Her teenage daughter becomes pregnant while on vacation. The mother lies and says the baby died, then gives it up for adoption. Years later the daughter returns from London and becomes a blouse designer.

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What happens

『白いシャツの女』は、フジテレビの妻たちの劇場枠で放映されたテレビドラマ。 青春の傷痕を心に秘めた女性がたどる波乱の人生を綴る。 音楽家兼夫婦の夏樹としず子には高校生の娘・尚子がいる。軽井沢で避暑中、尚子は植木屋の息子・聡の子を身ごもる。しかし、しず子は生まれた子は死んだと偽り養子へ出してしまう。16年後、ロンドン留学から帰国した尚子は婦人ブラウスのデザイナーとなるが…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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