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Toward the Wilderness
Toward the Wilderness

Toward the Wilderness

NR

Toward the Wilderness

·2015·8 episodes

Summary

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

Crew

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

Japanese

Type:

Miniseries

Networks:

NHK

Keywords

based on novel or book
infidelity
midlife crisis
car journey
housewife
nostalgia
road trip
slice of life
family relationships
nagasaki
adventure

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