Official Website
www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/tatakauonna
Broadcast
Fridays, 11.00 p.m. – 12.00 a.m. from 17 October 2014
Station
Fuji NEXT
Story
A lady works at a lingerie shop. Females of various ages visit her small shop, from elementary school students to those in their 40s in this five-part omnibus series. Each stands at a crossroad as a female.
Episode 1: Mama no Inai Aida ni
The protagonist (Kadowaki Mugi) is having an affair. Today is the day of her date with the man (Yamanaka Takashi). And yet, he has brought his 5-year-old daughter, Mio (Kosuge Shiori), along … … It seems that she could not be left in the care of his wife (Shinohara Yukiko) who wants to have her own personal time today. This is impossible. He introduces his daughter to her as “Teacher”. It cannot be possible. She insists on going ahead with their plans so the three of them begin the drive. The 5-year-old girl is wearing wool underpants which her mother has put on her. She gradually opens up to “Teacher” and casts off the underpants. She experiences a slight sense of freedom and liberation. This is the story of the mother and daughter, and females.
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Yamanaka Takashi, Kosuge Shiori, Shinohara Yukiko
Episode 2: Onaka no Magma
Yuka (Hara Maika), a junior high school student, comes to the lingerie shop with her friend and classmate, Mayumi (Komatsu Moka). She is on the cusp of adulthood and makes her way across to the other side even though she does not know if it is for good or bad … … Adults are off-putting. All of them. This is the story of a girl becoming a female.
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Hara Maika, Komatsu Moka
Episode 3: Arifureta Koi no Hanashi
Izumi (Kishii Yukino), a 22-year-old kindergarten staff, has a boyfriend (Owada Kensuke) whom she gets along well with, but they have fallen into the same old routine. At that moment, she falls in love with a man (Fukikoshi Mitsuru) in his 40s. In an attempt to be an adult, she goes to buy panties at the lingerie shop. She outdoes herself a little and buys black lace ones. She has become an adult, she realised. When in love, her body is filled with water. Then it gradually becomes tears. This is the story of becoming a woman.
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Kishii Yukino, Owada Kensuke, Fukikoshi Mitsuru
Episode 4: Oshiawase ni
Shock registers when she (Ito Ayumi) casually looks at her chest of drawers now that she is in her 30s. It is filled with unfeminine panties. Did she choose the square-cut because she had become a coward in love? What if the panties are changed … … she wonders. Two friends meet again at the lingerie shop for the first time in a long while. The two of them have taken different paths. What is happiness? And who is unhappy? That is not so. This is the story of a female who intends to be in love again.
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Ito Ayumi, Takeko Aya
T-back Blues
Women in their 40s are somehow good at enjoying themselves. Maybe it is because they are able to think that it is fine whatever they do not. They have all sorts of worries and lots and lots of painful things. However, depending on how one looks at it, the tragedy is a comedy. One will suddenly come to the realisation and be very relieved. This thought came from the desire to buy a T-back. Why is that so? A woman is supposed to be a woman. A woman will always be a woman.
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Takoka Saki, Neko Tsubaki, Nishida Naomi
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