A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
January 9, 2021
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 10
Finale:
March 13, 2021
Original Title:
その女、ジルバ
Alternate Titles:
Jitterbug the Forties
Sono Onna, Jitterbug
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
TELEPACK
Tokai Television Broadcasting
Countries:
JP
40-year-old Usui Arata had worked as a salesperson for her dream company but right before her marriage, she is betrayed by her fiancée. Not only is her engagement broken off, she is demoted to work at the logistics warehouse in the name of restructuring. Arata’s future is bleak. She has no dream, savings or boyfriend and wonders whether her life will end just like this? This day is her 40th birthday but no one celebrates it with her. The only thing she receives are e-mails from online shopping sites. On her way to the workplace from the company dormitory on a typical dull morning, Arata notices an elderly woman crouching by the side of the road. There is no one in this corner of the city to help her. It feels as if she is seeing herself 40 years later and she instinctively extends a hand to the woman.
Comic Book:
Shinobu Arima
Director:
Kazumasa Nemoto
Masato Murakami
Original Music Composer:
Kei Yoshikawa
Screenplay:
Noriko Yoshida
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