

The Swallows Don't Come Back
2024-04-30 · 45 min / episode · ★ 7.0
Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.
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- Osada Ikue
- Production companies
- NHK
- Countries
- Japan
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- Ended
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Shizuka Ishibashi
Goro Inagaki
Yuki Uchida
Hitomi Kuroki
Win Morisaki
Marika Ito
Romi Park
Yasuko Tomita
Shigeyuki Totsugi
Yuko Nakamura
Yoshi Sakō
Michiko Ameku
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
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