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09/01/1994 Drama, Family 1h 0m
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Overview

When the Inoue family just moves into their new residence, they are shocked to see everyone there so anxious about getting their children into good schools. In order not to be the one left out, they also join in the crowd and train their child hard to score well in the primary school entrance exam. Interestingly, their next door neighbor has a kid same age as theirs and always likes to compete with them. This makes the whole exam process more exciting and stressful, of course.

Top billed cast

  1. Tomoko Yamaguchi

    Inoue Wakaba

  2. Hiroshi Fuse

    Inoue Minoru

  3. Yoko Nogiwa

  4. Isao Hashizume

  5. Yasunori Danta

  6. Asaka Seto

  7. Yuki Masuda

  8. Maho Toyota

  9. Kanako Fukaura

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1994 | 12 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by ParkMin
Written by ParkMin on 2024-11-07
It was really not good. The extreme hyper reactions, interactions and acting were unsettling. I'm familiar with this style from Japanese movies/series themed around life/family but they went totally overboard in this one. It was just too forced and fake at every step of the way, even for a theatrical play. The synopsis talked about entrance exams but that was mostly just for the setup and setting while the rest was about some family problems and cheap affairs baits which all were poorly written from start to finish. Due to the lack of any interesting merits, I found myself examining the 90s se...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
Japanese

Original Name
スウィート・ホーム

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