Anti-home drama

... Meanwhile, film home dramas went into decline during this time, and instead, there were attempts at film itself to create "anti-home dramas" (the term was coined by film critic Iwasaki Akira) such as "A Town with a Cupola" (1962, Nikkatsu film directed by Urayama Kiriro, starring Yoshinaga Sayuri and others), which depicts human truth and human growth amidst trials by placing each member of a family in the depths of misery. As the name suggests, home drama is a genre best suited to television, a "living room medium," and the term home drama itself only became established among the general public after the television era began. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "anti-family drama" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　一方，映画のホームドラマは，この間衰退の道をたどり，逆に家族のそれぞれを不幸の底において，試練のなかでの人間的真実と人間の成長を描く《キューポラのある街》(1962。浦山桐郎監督日活作品，吉永小百合ほか出演)のような〈アンチ･ホームドラマ〉(この命名は映画評論家の岩崎昶による)が，映画独自の試みとして行われたりもした。　ホームドラマはその名称が示すように，〈茶の間のメディア〉としてのテレビにこそ最もふさわしいジャンルであり，ホームドラマというその名称も，テレビ時代に入って初めて一般に定着した。…

※「アンチ・ホームドラマ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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