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忘却の愛

忘却の愛 poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A married woman named Shoko loses her memory after a hotel fire. She is taken in by a man who wants to be a photographer and becomes pregnant. As her memory returns, she learns her husband is living with her sister who cannot have children.

melodramaticsentimentalslow-pacedpoignantsoapytenseemotionally heavyretro

What happens

『忘却の愛』(ぼうきゃくのあい)は、1985年3月4日~4月19日にTBS「花王 愛の劇場」枠にて放送された昼ドラマである。全35回。 章子は結婚後、子供に恵まれたが、同窓会に出席した夜、泊まったホテルで火災に巻き込まれ、逃げる途中に階段で転倒、頭を強く打って、記憶喪失になった。その後、街を彷徨っていたところをカメラマン志望の男性に助けられる。やがて二人は同棲して、章子は妊娠する。そして、産婦人科で自分が経産婦である事を知り、徐々に記憶が戻り始める。元の記憶が戻った章子は、夫が自分の妹と暮らしていることを知る。更に妹が子供が出来ない身体だと言う事を知った章子は。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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