One actress plays two women who love completely wrong—watch her out-act herself.
Eru is a 28-year-old woman, good at working but scared of dating. Emu is a 25-year-old woman who enjoys love but does not know what real love is. This drama series depicts the two different love styles of these women.
Acting
Erika Sawajiri's dual performance—two women, zero subtlety, maximum damage.
Direction
Kanchiku frames Tokyo as a character that watches you fail at love.
Director
Yuri Kanchiku
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Erika Sawajiri reportedly insisted on shooting both characters' scenes back-to-back to maintain emotional continuity, exhausting herself into the jittery performances critics praised.
The title's 'L et M' deliberately echoes French new wave romance titles, but the 'Other Stories' framing was added after test audiences found the original ending too bleak—hence the fragmented, anthology-like structure.
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