Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

父さんは森に隠れる

父さんは森に隠れる poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A man named Haruo fails his medical school exams and leaves his family's clinic to his wife. He announces he will live in a log cabin in the forest and focus on making toys. Meanwhile, his wife Reiko hears from an old boyfriend.

gentleintrospectiveslow-pacedquietearnestcontemplativewarmmildly dramatic

What happens

『父さんは森に隠れる』は、NHKの「ドラマ新銀河」で1997年9月1日から10月2日まで放送されたテレビドラマ。放送時間は月曜日から木曜日19:40-19:58。全20回。 沢井治夫は医学部受験に失敗した後、実家の医院は妻の令子に任せ、広告代理店に勤務している。そんなある日、治夫は家族に丸太小屋生活を始めることを宣言。森に小屋を構えおもちゃ作りに励み出す。一方、令子の元にかつて恋人だった永瀬から連絡がある。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?