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Toward the Wilderness

TV·2015–2015·1 season, 8 episodes·NHK·Drama·50m

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Morimura Tomomi is a housewife scorned by her husband and two sons, and yet she continues to protect the family. On her 46th birthday, she leaves home in disgust and embarks on a 1,200 km journey. It is Tomomi’s first time driving onto the highway and she speeds along to the west. On the road, she encounters a series of traumatising episodes. She detects her husband’s affair, is faced with a truck driver who mistakes her for a prostitute housewife, and finally her car gets stolen. While Tomomi is at a loss, a good-looking young man and an elderly person give her a ride, and she arrives in Nagasaki. As she meets various people in this town which was once transformed into a wasteland because of the atomic bomb, she becomes aware of a “wilderness” within her and starts to explore the path to rebirth

Cast

Kyoka SuzukiKyoka SuzukiMorimura TomomiTetta SugimotoTetta SugimotoMorimura HiromitsuIssey TakahashiIssey TakahashiKameda ShogoYOUYOUTakigawa ChisakoGoki MaedaGoki MaedaMorimura KentaTatsuomi HamadaTatsuomi HamadaMorimura YutaDendenDendenTomita

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2015Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Runaway HousewifeJanuary 11, 2015—
  2. S01E02Another LifeJanuary 7, 2015—
  3. S01E03First LoveJanuary 24, 2015—
  4. S01E04No Longer a MotherJanuary 31, 2015—
  5. S01E05Runaway SonFebruary 7, 2015—
  6. S01E06Wife and HusbandFebruary 14, 2015—
  7. S01E07Demon and AngelFebruary 21, 2015—
  8. S01E08ConfessionFebruary 28, 2015—

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