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賢者の愛

賢者の愛 poster
Directed by
Minamoto Takashi
Cast
Nakayama Miho, Takaoka Saki, Ryusei Ryo, Asari Yosuke, Kusamura Reiko, Asaka Mayumi, Enoki Takaaki, Tanabe Seiichi
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
4 episodes

How it feels

A woman plots revenge against her best friend who stole her father and first love. She carefully raises the friend's son over many years to carry out her plan.

slow-burncalculateddarkpsychologicalintensemelancholicunsettlingmethodical

What happens

『賢者の愛』(けんじゃのあい)は、山田詠美による長編小説。『婦人公論』(中央公論新社)2013年11月7日号から2014年10月7日号に連載、中央公論新社より2015年1月10日に刊行された。谷崎潤一郎著の『痴人の愛』をモチーフに、親友に父と初恋の男性を奪われた主人公が、親友と初恋の男性との間に誕生した息子を20年以上の年月にわたって調教し復讐する姿を描いた愛憎劇。 WOWOWにて2016年8月にテレビドラマ化された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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