Utsukushii Rinjin

Nakama Yukie also plays her role superbly. Make sure subtitles are decent. Look for ones by Momoflower.

Not a suspense drama. Family drama with a little funny business. The 'miracle' is really there but subtle. I didn't know why the Irish dance the way they do before I saw this.

Always in the background is the impact of losing WWII on the three following generations of Japanese. But of course this is barely mentioned at all.

Both of these dramas star Nakama Yukie as "Saki", and although the stories are quite different they give off a similar feeling. Nakama Yukie is brilliant, and her acting is compelling and terrifying at the same time. These two stories could be the same person, but they could also be not.

They both deal about extra marital affairs. Utsukushii rinjin is more intense and thrilling.

In both, there is a woman, apparently a nice person, who wants to take another woman's husband and she has a hidden intention.

They both deal with housewife being suspicious about their husband. Yakou Kanransha is more about the secret that lies in each family of the same neighborhood and how they deal with them

Dear X: She manipulates others to get what she wants and to protect herself.

Utsukushii Rinjin: She manipulates others for revenge.

Utsukushii Rinjin is the prequel of Saki. The sequel Saki is more similar to Dear X. Both female leads are psychopaths.