Breathless Summer

Breathless Summer

2012 · 1 season · 11 eps · ★ 8.0 · Drama

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A 19-year-old girl burdened by a cruel destiny, a 41-year-old man living in atonement, and a forbidden love that cannot be accepted by the people around them. Breathless Summer is as much a social drama as it is a love story. Takei plays said girl who learns that her mother never recorded her birth in their family register. While falling into despair after finding out the secret about her birth yet wholeheartedly trying to live to regain "herself", she happens to run into a former journalist who is suffering from a deep scar in his heart himself. Although they could be father and daughter, they start to develop much stronger feelings for each other, a love forbidden by society.

Directed by Takao Kinoshita · Written by Chiho Watanabe

Network: Fuji TV

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Emi Takei 谷崎玲
Yosuke Eguchi 树山龙一郎
Fuka Koshiba 谷崎麻央
Jun Kaname 鲇川宏基
Kinya Kitaoji 夏目周作
Yoshino Kimura 谷崎叶子
Miyoko Asada 谷崎香绪里
Aoi Nakamura 草野广太
Mikie Hara 井川五月
Reika Hashimoto 安倍川衣里
Reika Kirishima 片冈亚沙美

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