Iribito (2021) [Ep 1 – 5 END]

Profile

• Drama: Stranger (literal title)
• Romaji: Iribito: Iribito
• Japanese: いりびと-異邦人-
• Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
• Writer: Maha Harada (novel), Hisayo Seki
• Network: WOWOW
• Episodes: 5
• Release Date: November 28 – December 26, 2021
• Runtime: Sunday 22:00
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Naho (Mitsuki Takahata) works as a deputy curator at an art gallery. The art gallery was established by her grandfather, who was an avid art collector. Naho’s husband works as a managing director at a different art gallery in Ginza. Her husband’s family has run the art gallery for several generations. To avoid the busy life of Tokyo, pregnant Naho decides to leave Tokyo and stay in Kyoto. There, she finds a painting drawn by an unknown painter. She becomes fascinated by the painting and soon faces an unexpected truth.