Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon
Created by Yumiko Inoue
On Fuji TV
A tense, intimate drama about desire and transgression that follows a housewife's awakening to passion through an affair, balancing sensuality with the anxiety of concealment.
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.
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