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A single office lady leaves her mother's home and moves into her new place. One day an elementary schoolboy shows up at her home looking for his father who had lived here. His father is a gambler who is bankrupt and now in trouble and on the run. The boy currently lives with his mother but desperately wants to find his father so she tries to reunite the boy with his father. However, she soon discovers his father has little interest in being a father. Refusing to take no for an answer she becomes involved in their problems. ~~ Adapted from a story in the novel "Satsui no Fukei" (殺意の風景) by Miyawaki Shunzo (宮脇俊三). (Source: MyDramaList) Edit Translation
- English
- Español
- Português (Brasil)
- 한국어
- Native Title: 招かざる訪問者
- Also Known As: Manekazaru Houmonsha
- Genres: Thriller, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Momoi Kaori in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Momoi Kaori in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Momoi Kaori Main Role -
![Emori Toru in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Emori Toru in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Emori Toru Main Role -
![Shoji Akihito in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Shoji Akihito in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Shoji Akihito Main Role -
![Akikawa Risa in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Akikawa Risa in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Akikawa Risa Support Role -
![Hatsui Kotoe in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Hatsui Kotoe in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Hatsui Kotoe Support Role -
![Okumura Koen in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)]( "Okumura Koen in Manekazaru Homonsha Japanese Special (1985)")
Okumura Koen Support Role
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Reviews
An interesting beginning but descends into bizarre nonsense.
I'm becoming a huge fan of the lead actress Momoi Kaori and found this randomly online. Suspense + Mamoi Kaori sounds like a good time to me. For the most part it is. But don't expect a very coherent or logical story.The show starts off quite well with a woman finding her self in odd circumstances and trying to help a boy be reunited with his father who is a gambler and shows little interest in wanting to be a good father.
Kaori plays a good role as this strong female character as she tries to get involved in their problems. But that's sort of where it ends. The 2nd half she seems to just change completely into this weak woman with a sort of change in relationship that feels incredibly unearned and silly and I just didn't understand the character anymore. The ending arc is utterly bizarre, and high dysfunctional and left me bewildered as to what the writers were even trying to say.
I gather this is based on a short story in a book and perhaps that's why it had that sort of air of an open ended twist ending but it just didn't work for me as almost a movie length TV special I had got invested in. In the end it's a pretty miserable story about miserable people.
All that said, Momoi Kaori chews the scenery as she always does and it's enjoyable for that reason at least.
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