Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

First Air Date: 2014-07-17

Status: Ended

Rating: ⭐ 6.083/10 (24 votes)

Genres: Drama, Soap

Overview: Life is simple for Sasamoto Sawa, a young housewife, but when the adulteress Takigawa Rikako moves into her neighborhood, so too does a new world of sophistication and sex. After Takigawa is nearly caught in the act, Sasamoto covers for her during the ensuing aftermath, unwittingly involving herself with a handsome teacher named Kitano Yuichi — and discovering her own desires for extramarital passions.

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 11

Official Website

Top Cast

Aya Ueto

as Sawa Sasamoto

Michiko Kichise

as Rikako Takikawa

Takumi Saitoh

as Yuichiro Kitano

Kazuki Kitamura

as Osamu Kato

Kosuke Suzuki

as Shunsuke Sasamoto

Ayumi Ito

as Noriko Kitano

User Reviews

ParkMin

⭐ 3/10

Feb 20, 2024

You'd think there was room for this deep dive into human desires and the messiness of relationships, but the drama just stumbled into this predictable mess of melodrama and characters you could barely see through. The characters were supposedly torn apart by the whole moral dilemma of their sneaky affairs but they did the bare minimum in that regard. Even the romantic tension felt too forced, superficial and lacking. The drama would've benefited from focusing on the main infidelity only. In comparison, all the previous points also applies to the KR version except that they were less drastic and detached than this one.