Toumei na Yurikago
Mar. 18th, 2019 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sunako_yueSummer in 1997, Aoi (Kaya Kiyohara) is a 17-year-old girl. She begins to work at a maternity hospital as an apprentice nurse. She witnesses an abortion with her own eyes and becomes shocked. The hospital staff, including Director Tomohiro Yui (Koji Seto), nurse Sayako Mochizuki (Asami Mizukawa) and chief nurse Mie Sakaki (Mieko Harada), all support each other. Aoi’s mother Fumika (Wakana Sakai) is worried about Aoi’s poor communication skills, but Aoi approaches pregnant women with tenderness and her own unique sensitivity. (asiawiki-2018)
My type of drama. I thought it was going to be similar to Kounodori but the only similarity was that the setting was in a hospital and there were newborn babies. This hospital was smaller and more rural-feel; and the staff was smaller. However, this drama was darker, since it is a hospital that treats with abortions (young girls, older women who don't have money, etc). There are at least a couple of abortions per day it seems. And many episodes were also darker (and heartbreaking, like ep09, about the raped girl).
In general, it was a sad drama. Aoi's family story was also sad, although it wasn't uncommon. Just about a single mother who had to deal with a "strange" girl, and it is true the mother's behavior wasn't the best, but she wasn't bad. At least she did love Aoi, and she got to be a better mom after many years.
The OST was beautiful and sad. I think that even the setting, that it is in a rural town and in the past, made this drama sadder. I did shed a couple of tears but overall, it wasn't a depressing drama. Just very human.
**My raiting: 9/10**
My type of drama. I thought it was going to be similar to Kounodori but the only similarity was that the setting was in a hospital and there were newborn babies. This hospital was smaller and more rural-feel; and the staff was smaller. However, this drama was darker, since it is a hospital that treats with abortions (young girls, older women who don't have money, etc). There are at least a couple of abortions per day it seems. And many episodes were also darker (and heartbreaking, like ep09, about the raped girl).
In general, it was a sad drama. Aoi's family story was also sad, although it wasn't uncommon. Just about a single mother who had to deal with a "strange" girl, and it is true the mother's behavior wasn't the best, but she wasn't bad. At least she did love Aoi, and she got to be a better mom after many years.
The OST was beautiful and sad. I think that even the setting, that it is in a rural town and in the past, made this drama sadder. I did shed a couple of tears but overall, it wasn't a depressing drama. Just very human.
**My raiting: 9/10**
