Yottsu no Uso: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This renzoku follows four women in the "around 40" generation. Shifumi is an attractive woman who stole her classmate's boyfriend in high school, and despite criticism from others, she got married and had a child. However, she soon divorced and currently keeps a younger boyfriend. Three of Shifumi's former classmates: ordinary housewife Makiko, work-focused doctor Neri, and housewife Miwa. Miwa is having an affair with Shifumi's ex-husband Keishi (the boyfriend Shifumi originally stole from her.) Eventually, the various secrets and lies kept by the four women all come to light.

Series details

• Title: Yottsu no Uso
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2008-07-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-09-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37543
• IMDb ID: tt1284607
• TVDB ID: 351596

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-07-10; final listed air date 2008-09-04; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yottsu no Uso 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.