Netflix has released the main trailer, key art, and stills for S&X, the new Japanese drama series starring Kento Nakajima, premiering August 20.<\/p>\n
Based on Motoo Tada\u2019s manga S&X: The Confession of Therapist Ichito Shimotori (serialized by Kodansha in Morning magazine), the series is set at Shimotori Clinic, where sex therapist Ichito Shimotori treats patients wrestling with deeply personal struggles they can\u2019t bring themselves to tell anyone else \u2014 sexless relationships, erectile dysfunction, sex addiction, sexual trauma, and more. Even when he\u2019s met with snickers and prejudice, Shimotori handles each patient with sincerity and unwavering care through counseling. Yet he, too, secretly carries his own unresolved pain\u2026<\/p>\n
Kento Nakajima, a longtime fixture of Japan\u2019s entertainment scene, breaks new ground as Shimotori, a therapist who steadfastly supports clients carrying all kinds of sexual worries. This marks his second leading role in a Netflix production, following the bittersweet romance Love Like the Falling Petals.<\/p>\n
Yuko Araki plays the woman who crosses paths with Shimotori in a fateful reunion. They are joined by a stellar ensemble spanning generations, including Ryota Miura, Sawako Fujima, Aoi Nakamura, Rinka Kumada, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Y\u016bsuke Santamaria, and Shiro Sano.<\/p>\n
Director Shogo Kusano, known for fresh, emotionally rich youth and romance dramas, takes a premise that could easily tip into sensationalism and turns it into something more grounded: an adult drama about real people navigating work, love, and sexuality \u2014 one that resonates deeply with anyone who has ever struggled with intimacy.<\/p>\n
By treating sexuality as something deeply connected to how we express love and how we see our own self-worth, not just biology, this story invites viewers to re-examine their relationships and themselves, and to confront what it truly means to love.<\/p>\n
S&X is a love story for every adult carrying their own quiet worries. The series premieres August 20, only on Netflix.<\/p>\n
Cast: Kento Nakajima, Yuko Araki
\nRyota Miura, Sawako Fujima, Aoi Nakamura, Rinka Kumada
\nSayaka Yamaguchi, Y\u016bsuke Santamaria, Shiro Sano
\nBased on the manga: “S\uff06X” by Kisei Tada, originally published by KODANSHA LTD.
\nDirector: Shogo Kusano
\nSeries composition\uff06Written by: Tomoko Yoshida
\nWritten by: Shogo Kusano, Ruriko Matushima, Takumi Baba
\nDirector of Photography: Kosuke Yamada
\nOriginal Music: FUKUSHIGE MARI
\nGaffer: Masayuki Nishimura
\nSound Recordist: Keiichi Kobayashi
\nEditors: Masaki Murakami \/ Shinichi Suzuki
\nProduction Designer: Masato Ando
\nSet Decorator: Koji Shinoda
\nStylists: Mie Minagawa \/ Takahiro Miyajima
\nWardrobe: Mayu Nagao
\nHair & Maike-up Artist: Kana Masuda
\nMusic Supervisor: Hitomi Akiyama
\nVFX Producer: Takeshi Shin
\nProducers: Mariko Seto \/ Daisuke Saitoh
\nProduction Producer: Kosuke Oshida
\nProduction: OFFICE SHIROUS
\nPlanned & Produced by: Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix has released the main trailer, key art, and stills for S&X, the new Japanese drama series starring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,17,6904],"class_list":["post-65503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}