Details
Title: 義務と演技
Title (romaji): Gimu to Engi
Also known as: Love and Lies
Episodes: 11
Genre: Romance renzoku
Air time:
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 1996-Oct-10 to 1996-Dec-19
Theme Song: "Lonely Woman" by Takeuchi Mariya
Synopsis
What happens after five or six years of marriage, when the fires of passion die down? Yoshihiko, a veterinarian, makes love to his wife out of a sense of duty, while his wife Shoko, a promising lighting designer, pretends to take pleasure in his advances. Meanwhile, Kenji puts on that he's just too busy with work to respond to his wife's need for physical affection, eventually causing trouble for his wife and daugher when he has an affair with Shoko. Through these two contrasting couples, this drama portrays an unsettling challenge to modern marriages. -- TBS
Cast
Asano Yuko as Shoko
Sano Shiro as Yoshihiko
Oura Ryuichi as Kenji
Kuroki Hitomi
Hosokawa Fumie
Kajihara Zen
Kaneko Ken
Production Credits
Producer: Kuwata Kagenobu
Director: Kuwata Kagenobu
Screenwriter: Azuma Taeko
Notes
A movie based on the drama series was produced by TOEI in 1997. Starring Tachi Hiroshi, Takashima Reiko and Shimizu Misa.
