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Fishbowl Wives

Fishbowl Wives

20226.01 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.

Created by Kaata Sakamoto
Written by Fumi Tsubota, Miyako Koshikawa, Ryô Kurosawa
Produced by Kiyomi Asano, Toshiyuki Nakano
NetworksNetflix

Top Cast

Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara

Sakura Hiraga / "The fishbowl wife"

Takanori Iwata

Takanori Iwata

Haruto Toyoda

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

Takuya Hiraga [Sakura's husband]

Kyoko Hasegawa

Kyoko Hasegawa

Yuriha / "The renovation wife"

Wakana Matsumoto

Wakana Matsumoto

Hisako / "The headache wife"

Shizuka Nakamura

Shizuka Nakamura

Yuka / "The outsourcing wife"

Saori Seto

Saori Seto

Noriko / "The lunchbox wife"

Anna Ishii

Anna Ishii

Saya / "The chaperone wife"

Hidekazu Mashima

Hidekazu Mashima

Baba / Takuzo [Hisako's husband]

Atsuhiro Inukai

Atsuhiro Inukai

Sota [Saya's husband]

Themes & Keywords

infidelityloveromancedomestic abusebased on manga

About Fishbowl Wives

Fishbowl Wives is a drama series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of infidelity, love, romance, domestic abuse, based on manga. Created by Kaata Sakamoto, it stars Ryoko Shinohara, Takanori Iwata, Masanobu Ando. Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.

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