99-nen no Ai ~ Japanese Americans
Drama
99年の愛 〜JAPANESE AMERICANS〜
2010/11/03
Speech duration
6h 6min
Word count41,543
Unique words4,564
Words (1-occurrence)2,257
Unique kanji1,238
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Difficulty beta
Hard
Speech speed
317
Episodes5
External Rating
70 %

99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 is a Japanese, 5-episode miniseries produced by TBS for its 60th anniversary, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Yukie Nakama, and sponsored by Toyota and Panasonic. It tells the story of a family of Japanese immigrants who moved to America 99 years ago. When the Second World War breaks out, the family encounters racism and segregation. The two daughters, who were sent back to Japan, experience the suffering from the Japanese side of the war.

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Episode 1
Speech duration
1h 14min
Word count8,545
Unique words1,679
Words (1-occurrence)912
Unique kanji653
Kanji (1-occurrence)203
Difficulty beta
Hard
Speech speed
315
Episode 2
Speech duration
1h 9min
Word count8,063
Unique words1,601
Words (1-occurrence)886
Unique kanji677
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
324
Episode 3
Speech duration
1h 4min
Word count7,408
Unique words1,754
Words (1-occurrence)1,055
Unique kanji756
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Difficulty beta
Hard
Speech speed
326
Episode 4
Speech duration
1h 14min
Word count8,456
Unique words1,670
Words (1-occurrence)926
Unique kanji731
Kanji (1-occurrence)229
Difficulty beta
Hard
Speech speed
315
Episode 5
Speech duration
1h 23min
Word count9,071
Unique words1,806
Words (1-occurrence)1,023
Unique kanji794
Kanji (1-occurrence)277
Difficulty beta
Hard
Speech speed
302