Tomei na Yurikago DVD Box

[Machine Translation] Encountering life and seeing it off. Set in a small obstetrics and gynecology clinic in a small town, this is a story of a young girl with a rich sensitivity who questions and looks at the meaning of life from her own perspective. The drama is based on the manga by Okita Xika, which has sold over 3.7 million copies. The lead role is played by Kaya Kiyohara in her first starring role in a TV drama. The story is not only about happy births, but also about the "shadowy" side of obstetrics and gynecology, such as abortion and maternal death, and sometimes cheerfully, sometimes sadly, it connects the protagonists' feelings that resemble a "prayer" for their lives. --Summer 1997. Aoi (Kaya Kiyohara) comes to "Yui Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic" as an apprentice nurse. She is shocked to witness an abortion operation, but she also witnesses the birth of a baby for the first time and is moved by the life force of the newborn baby. Aoi, together with the director Yui (Seto Kouji) and nurses Sayako (Mizukawa Asami) and Sakaki (Harada Mieko), faces each pregnant woman... Broadcast on NHK Sogo from July to September 2018 (10 episodes) *The final episode will include a 48-minute long version. Special booklet enclosed.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: table talk, promotional videos

命と出会い、命を見送る。町の小さな産婦人科医院を舞台に、ひとりの感性豊かな少女の目線で、"命とは何か"を問い、見つめてゆく物語。累計370万部超、沖田×華の漫画作品をドラマ化。主演は、これがドラマ初主演となる清原果耶。幸せな出産ばかりでなく、中絶や母体死といった産婦人科の"影"の部分にも向き合いながら、時に明るく、時に切なく、主人公たちの命への"祈り"にも似た想いをつむいでゆく。――1997年・夏。アオイ(清原果耶)は看護師見習いとして「由比産婦人科」へやって来た。いきなり中絶手術の現場を目撃して衝撃を受けるが、はじめて出産にも立ち会い、産まれて来る赤ちゃんの生命力に心を揺さぶられる。アオイは院長の由比(瀬戸康史)、看護師の紗也子(水川あさみ)・榊(原田美枝子)らとともに妊婦さんひとりひとりに向き合っていく・・・。2018年7月～9月 NHK総合で放送 (全10回) ※最終回は48分のロングバージョンを収録予定。特製ブックレット封入。

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