Tokyo Hinkon Joshi. (2023)
Other name: 東京貧困女子。 / 東京貧困女子。-貧困なんて他人事だと思ってた- / Tokyo Hinkon Joshi.: Hinkon Nante Hitogotoda to Omotteta / Tokyo Poverty Girl. / Tokyo Poor Girls.: I Thought Poverty Was Someone Else’s Problem / Токийские нищие
Synopsis: After her divorce, Kariya Mako returned to work as a contract editor for an economics magazine. There, she is ordered to be in charge of a serialization based on the theme of women in poverty. She interviews people living in various difficult situations, and it gradually makes her realize that this is a widespread problem that she herself is not entirely impervious to, as she is also someone dealing with employment instability while struggling to raise her children.
(Source: Drama Otaku)
~~ Adapted from the book “Tokyo Hinkon Joshi. Kanojotachi wa Naze Tsumazuita no ka” (東京貧困女子。彼女たちはなぜ躓いたのか) by Nakamura Atsuhiko (中村淳彦).
Episodes: 6
Country: Japanese
Status: Ongoing
Release Year: 2023
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anzai Seira (2004), Emma Miyazawa La Fleur (1988), Fuchikami Yasushi (1984), Hinoi Asuka (1991), Kanazawa Miho (1994), Kawashima Junya (1979), Kirishima Reika (1972), Kochi Machiko (1979), Miura Ryota (1997), Miura Takahiro (1985), Shuri (1990), Takada Kaho (1996), Takahashi Hitomi (1961), Tanabe Momoko (1999), Umefune Ariei (1988)