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いばらの償い

いばらの償い poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A daytime drama from Japan. It follows a young married couple and their daughter. After the mother loses her baby in a fall, the father becomes violent. Eventually the mother kills the father and goes to prison. When she is released, she tries to reunite with her daughter, but they face many hardships.

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What happens

『いばらの償い』(いばらのつぐない)は、2000年1月31日から3月24日までMBS製作、TBS系列「ドラマ30」枠で放送された昼ドラマ。 若夫婦の人生を描いたもので、支倉家が舞台。支倉家は父、母、娘の3人暮らし。とある日妊娠した母が階段から落ちて出生予定だった長男を流産してしまい、それに激怒した父が妻にひたすら暴力を振るうようになる。やがて矛先は娘に向き、妻が夫を刺し殺してしまい、妻は服役してしまう。娘は姑に引き取られ、母の出所後娘と再会した。しかし多くの困難が待ち構えていた。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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