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姉妹化粧

姉妹化粧 poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

In 1960s Kyoto, a man runs a traditional sweet shop with his two beautiful daughters. A customer named Yuzuka grows troubled whenever she sees the older daughter Shino.

slow-burnmelancholicunderstatednostalgicquietly tensefamily-focusedearthyrestrained

What happens

『姉妹化粧』(しまいげしょう)はフジテレビ系「ライオン奥様劇場」枠で1968年1月1日~2月9日に放送された連続テレビ映画である。白黒作品。全30回。 京都の老舗和菓子店桂月。五代目の当主嘉兵は職人気質の一徹者だったが、店は美しい二人の娘、しのぶと美登子の働きもあって繁盛していた。桂月に時折顔を出す客、柚香はどういうわけかしのぶの顔を見ると複雑な思いがよぎる…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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