Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

They were high school classmates, spent their youth together in the school choir and certainly had similar dreams. But one rainy night 20 years later, Furusawa Mizue suddenly shows up at the home of popular scriptwriter Makabe Suzune, with her young son. She has lost her job, money and even the home she lived in. Claiming that Suzune is the only one she can turn to, Mizue beseeches Suzune to let her stay for one night. However, this quickly becomes a promise to stay until she gets employment. Unable to cruelly thrust mother and child away, Suzune's daily life and work get disrupted. Then, a series of strange incidents start to happen to Suzune's surroundings. Through this reunion of two classmates who have led completely different lives, all sorts of dormant feelings erupt and memories that they were starting to be forgotten are resurrected.

Series details

• Title: Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2016-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-02-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12409
• TVDB ID: 304801

Cast and credited roles

• Yuki Uchida — Suzune Makabe
• Chizuru Ikewaki — Mizue Furusawa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-05; final listed air date 2016-02-23; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.