Aiko had left her career behind to focus on her family and was living what seemed to be a happy married life. However, she discovers that her husband, Seiichi, who works for a prestigious company, has been having an affair. Believing that he would eventually return to her, Aiko endures the pain and continues their marriage. But then she uncovers a shocking truth, one even more devastating than the betrayal of infidelity itself.
After becoming pregnant, Aiko resolves to raise the child on her own. Determined to focus solely on her own happiness and that of her child, she begins to take control of her future. Meanwhile, Seiichi comes to realize both the depth of his love for Aiko and the foolishness of his actions. Hoping for a second chance, he struggles to make amends and rebuild what was lost.
After becoming pregnant, Aiko resolves to raise the child on her own. Determined to focus solely on her own happiness and that of her child, she begins to take control of her future. Meanwhile, Seiichi comes to realize both the depth of his love for Aiko and the foolishness of his actions. Hoping for a second chance, he struggles to make amends and rebuild what was lost.
Both center on the relationship between a married older woman and a younger man. These relationships begin entirely differently—Secret Love Affair begins with an intense attraction and passion, while Lost begins in an emotional kinship based on a shared feeling of despondency. What is similar in these relationships is how heart-wrenchingly real they feel, how brilliant the actors are, and the intimacy of their absolutely natural interactions. The characters are flawed, but still people you can come to understand. Both these dramas are very slow-paced and very willing to let the viewer sit in long moments of silence. The approach to telling these stories, the way the scenes were shot, etc. show considerable care and thought. Secret Love Affair has a more melodramatic storyline, but never in a way that feels over-the-top.
This is a love story about Ogawa Manami, a high school teacher who grew up in a strict family, and Kaworu, a host who is not good at reading and writing, as they search for love despite the obstacles they face. Manami is being pressured to marry a man she met through her father's introduction, and the high school where she works is also facing a crisis of class collapse. She spends her days lamenting, "I want to run away from this place."
One day, she receives a call saying that a student has been deceived by an unscrupulous host, and she rushes to the store to bring the female student back, where she meets Kaworu. Kaworu has to sign a promissory note promising not to contact the student in the future, and Manami finds out about the problem that he had kept secret from anyone until then. In the play, the two gradually become closer through Manami's secret "private lessons," in which she teaches Kaworu about language and society.
One day, she receives a call saying that a student has been deceived by an unscrupulous host, and she rushes to the store to bring the female student back, where she meets Kaworu. Kaworu has to sign a promissory note promising not to contact the student in the future, and Manami finds out about the problem that he had kept secret from anyone until then. In the play, the two gradually become closer through Manami's secret "private lessons," in which she teaches Kaworu about language and society.
Aizawa Naoya is happily married to his colleague Kana but faces temptation to cheat on his wife when a new employee Tachibana Noa joins his branch and seduces him repeatedly with all sorts of antics. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Anata wa Watashi ni Otosaretai" written by Miyaguchi Jun and illustrated by Umesuzu.
Sun Jae is a twenty-year-old piano genius who became a delivery man without finishing high school due to his poor background. One day, he delivers a package to a classical music concert hall, and he plays the piano positioned on stage. Sun Jae is found by Hye Won, an elite art director at the Arts Foundation and wife to a piano professor. Hye Won instantly recognizes his talent and sends him to lessons under her husband to cultivate him into a leading young musician.
Born to a poor family, Sun Jae had never taken formal music lessons and is overwhelmed by Hye Won’s support. Piano lessons are his salvation and she becomes his muse. One thing leads to another and he confesses to her, “I need you more desperately than music now.” Hye Won is deeply affected by his masculine charm and pleading eyes. Yet she cannot afford to throw away everything she has worked to build. However, it would be even worse to lose this young lover. Hye Won thinks to herself, “This is my punishment, for being ignorant of my feelings and arrogant in the face of love."
Born to a poor family, Sun Jae had never taken formal music lessons and is overwhelmed by Hye Won’s support. Piano lessons are his salvation and she becomes his muse. One thing leads to another and he confesses to her, “I need you more desperately than music now.” Hye Won is deeply affected by his masculine charm and pleading eyes. Yet she cannot afford to throw away everything she has worked to build. However, it would be even worse to lose this young lover. Hye Won thinks to herself, “This is my punishment, for being ignorant of my feelings and arrogant in the face of love."
