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ある日突然…

ある日突然… poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A housewife named Naoko deals with her husband's mistress, his daughter from a previous marriage, and a difficult mother-in-law. One rainy night she shares a cab with a young man named Saeki, they find a large amount of money, and split it. They start meeting secretly to keep the secret, but her family suspects an affair and she ends up on the run with Saeki.

tensemelancholicslow-burnsoapydomesticclaustrophobicsuspensefuldramatic

What happens

『ある日突然…』(あるひとつぜん)は、TBS系列「ドラマ30」枠にて1992年8月3日〜10月2日に放送された昼ドラマである。毎日放送(MBS)制作。全45話。 直子は平凡な家庭の主婦だったが、離婚歴のある夫・義之の愛人問題や彼の連れ子の桃子との親子関係、さらに嫁姑間の軋轢などの問題を抱えていた。そんな折、ある雨の夜に直子は冴木という若い男性とタクシーに乗り合わせたが、その時に車内で大金を拾ってしまい、二人はその大金を山分けして秘密を共有することに。 秘密を隠すべく二人は出会いを重ねるが、そのうち直子は姑や桃子から「誰かと浮気しているのでは」と疑われ始め、冴木と逃避行する羽目になる。この逃避行の行方は…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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