Both stories based on children who suffer abuse. The Crucible is a lot darker & more graphic dealing with sexual abuse
There are many similarities in the plot and the drama's stylistic elements. Yuko Tanaka also stars as the mother of the main character in both dramas.
Both doramas have heavy feelings and treat subjects as children's absuse and adults that try to help them.
Kimi wa iiko tells the stories of different children who have to undergo different adversities but they end up being pilars for the people who are near them, something similar occurs in Mother.
Kimi wa iiko tells the stories of different children who have to undergo different adversities but they end up being pilars for the people who are near them, something similar occurs in Mother.
Yuko Tanaka previously worked with Director Nobuo Mizuta and Screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto in 2010 NTV drama series "Mother" and 2013 NTV drama series “Woman: My Life for My Children.”
Both stories portray the harshness life brings and the strive of the characters to do good/survive while exposing humanity.
Both stories portray the harshness life brings and the strive of the characters to do good/survive while exposing humanity.
You don't get to choose your family but if you did the bonds would be the same. While watching Shoplifters I got the feeling of dejavu and then realized that I felt the same way while watching Mother. Both deal with children in unhappy/ unsafe homes and finding solace elsewhere. With Mother you get a more drawn out story while Shoplifters is a more condensed version. I highly recommend both.
