Tsubame wa Modotte Konai

[Machine Translation] Whose Life is it? A drama of women's and men's desire for surrogacy! Based on a novel by Natsuo Kirino, winner of both the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Award and the Mainichi Art Award. Riki, a 29-year-old with no money and no dreams, Motoi, a former top ballet dancer who wants a child to inherit her genes, and his wife Yuko, who has given up fertility treatment. Their desires intersect through "surrogacy" in this nonstop entertainment! Shizuka Ishibashi plays the surrogate, and Goro Inagaki and Yuki Uchida play the couple who request it. Winner of the Galaxy Award for July 2024! --Riki (Shizuka Ishibashi), who lives as a temporary worker, is troubled. A colleague at work invites her to earn money by "donating eggs". Riki goes for an interview at a reproductive medicine agency called "Plante". What he is offered is not "egg donation" but "surrogacy. Motoi Kusoake (Goro Inagaki), a former ballet dancer, and his wife, Yuko (Yuki Uchida), are looking for a surrogate mother who will bear their child in exchange for a large reward. Contains the first 10 episodes. A booklet (16 pages) will be included.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: a promotional video and more (subject to change)

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「命」はだれのもの? 代理出産を巡る女たち男たちの欲望のドラマ! 原作は、吉川英治文学賞・毎日芸術賞をW受賞した桐野夏生作品。お金も夢もない29歳のリキ、元トップバレエダンサーで自らの遺伝子を継ぐ子を望む基、その妻で不妊治療をあきらめた悠子。それぞれの欲望が、「代理出産」を通じて交差するノンストップ・エンターテイメント! 代理出産を引き受ける女性を石橋静河、それを依頼する夫婦を稲垣吾郎と内田有紀が演じる。ギャラクシー賞 2024年7月月間賞受賞! ――派遣社員として暮らすリキ (石橋静河)は悩んでいる。職場の同僚から「卵子提供」をして金を稼ごうと誘われたのだ。生殖医療エージェント「プランテ」で面談を受けるリキ。そこで持ち掛けられたのは「卵子提供」ではなく「代理出産」だった。元バレエダンサーの草桶基 (稲垣吾郎)とその妻、悠子 (内田有紀)が、高額の謝礼と引き換えに二人の子を産んでくれる「代理母」を探していた―。第1回～最終回 (第10回)収録。ブックレット (16P)封入 (予定)。

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