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ちん・とん・しゃん

ちん・とん・しゃん poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

This is a 1971 Japanese drama series about family and social change in a traditional setting. It follows the lives and struggles of ordinary people over twelve episodes.

nostalgicquietly intenseperiod-texturedmelancholicunderstatedreflectiveslow-pacedearnest

What happens

『ちん・とん・しゃん』は、1971年7月15日から同年9月30日までNET(現:テレビ朝日)系列の『ナショナルゴールデン劇場』で放送されたテレビドラマ。全12回。 放送時間は毎週木曜22:00 - 22:56(JST)だが、この枠で『ナショナルゴールデン劇場』が放送されたのは、本作が最後。次作『人生劇場』(石坂浩二主演版)からは1時間繰上り、木曜21:00開始となる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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