- Drama: Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon (English title)
- Romaji: Hirugao – Heijitsu Gogo 3 ji no Koibito tachi
- Japanese: 昼顔 – 平日午後3時の恋人たち-
- Director: Hiroshi Nishitani, Mai Takano
- Writer: Yumiko Inoue
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: July 17 – September 25, 2014
- Runtime: Thursdays 22:00
- TV Ratings: 13.9% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sawa Sasamoto (Aya Ueto) is a housewife. Through an incident, she begins to have an affair with another man. Rikako Takikawa (Michiko Kichise) is a housewife and involved in an extra marital affair. She leads Sawa Sasamoto into having an affair.
Notes
- Drama series title “Hirugao” is derived from a relatively new Japanese expression “Heijitsu Hirugao Tsuma” which refers to housewives having afternoon affairs while their husband’s are working. The expression “Heijitsu Hirugao Tsuma” is derived from the French film “Belle de Jour” which is itself based on the 1928 novel “Belle de Jour “ by Joseph Kessel.
- Related titles:
- Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon | Hirugao – Heijitsu Gogo 3 ji no Koibito tachi (Fuji TV / 2014)
- Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon | Hirugao (2017)
Cast
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Aya Ueto | Michiko Kichise | Takumi Saito | Haruka Kinami | Houka Kinoshita |
Sawa Sasamoto | Rikako Takikawa | Yuichiro Kitano | Misuzu Hasegawa | Toru Takigawa |
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Yasushi Fuchikami | Kosuke Suzuki | Atsuko Takahata | Kazuki Kitamura |
Tomoya Hagiwara | Shunsuke Sasamoto | Keiko Sasamoto | Osamu Kato |
Additional Cast Members:
- Mayu Yamaguchi – Mana Takigawa
- Kentaro – Keita Kinoshita
- Hinako Tanaka – Manami Goto
- Ayumi Ito
- Kanami Tagawa
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
---|---|---|
01 | 07/17/2014 | 13.3% |
02 | 07/24/2014 | 13.5% |
03 | 07/31/2014 | 12.0% |
04 | 08/07/2014 | 13.1% |
05 | 08/14/2014 | 11.8% |
06 | 08/21/2014 | 10.9% |
07 | 08/28/2014 | 13.8% |
08 | 09/04/2014 | 15.6% |
09 | 09/11/2014 | 15.1% |
10 | 09/18/2014 | 16.7% |
11 | 09/25/2014 | 16.5% |
Average | 13.9% |
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