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殉愛

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Country
Japan

How it feels

In a coastal town in 1941, a woman working at a small restaurant helps a young man who collapses outside. She falls in love with him, but he is being pursued by the military and she becomes a target too.

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What happens

『殉愛』(じゅんあい)は、東海テレビ制作・フジテレビ系列で、1971年6月28日~10月8日に放送された昼ドラマである。 1941年、津軽海峡に面した港町にある小料理屋「酒田屋」で働く堀川志乃は、ある雨の日、店先で力尽きて倒れた青年・岡部修二を助けた。志乃は修二に惹かれてゆくが、修二は軍隊から追われる立場であった。修二を愛したがゆえに、軍隊からも追われる立場になった志乃の儚い人生を描いたドラマである。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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