Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
Revised Romanization: N/A
Original Name, Hangul: 昼顔〜平日午後3時の恋人たち〜
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: 2014-07-17
Runtime: 45 minutes
Original Language: ja
Country: JP
Seasons: 1
Genres: Drama, Soap
Age Rating: N/A
Status: Ended
Drama Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐6
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Plot Synopsis
Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako moves into her neighborhood, so too does a new world of sophistication and sex. After Takigawa is nearly caught in the act, Sasamoto covers for her during the ensuing aftermath, unwittingly involving herself with a handsome teacher named Kitano Yuichi — and discovering her own desires for extramarital passions.
Cast & Crew
Aya Ueto
Sawa Sasamoto
Michiko Kichise
Rikako Takikawa
Takumi Saitoh
Yuichiro Kitano
Kazuki Kitamura
Osamu Kato
Kosuke Suzuki
Shunsuke Sasamoto
Ayumi Ito
Noriko Kitano
Haruka Kinami
Misuzu Hasegawa
Houka Kinoshita
Toru Takigawa
Yasushi Fuchikami
Tomoya Hagiwara
Atsuko Takahata
Keiko Sasamoto
Where to Watch
Amazon Prime Video
Reviews
ParkMin
You'd think there was room for this deep dive into human desires and the messiness of relationships, but the drama just stumbled into this predictable mess of melodrama and characters you could barely see through. The characters were supposedly torn apart by the whole moral dilemma of their sneaky affairs but they did the bare minimum in that regard. Even the romantic tension felt too forced, superficial and lacking. The drama would've benefited from focusing on the main infidelity only. In comparison, all the previous points also applies to the KR version except that they were less drastic and detached than this one.