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One Million Stars Falling from the Sky

2002 · 1 season

A slow, melancholy mystery that lingers on lonely faces and quiet longing, with warmth and wit easing the ache.

Created by
Shin Hirano, Isamu Nakae
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Comedy
Starring
Sanma Akashiya, Takuya Kimura, Eri Fukatsu
Overview
The down-and-out detective Kanzo Dojima (Sanma Akashiya) is thinking about hanging up his job. A mysterious man named Ryo Katase (Takuya Kimura). No one seems to know what's going on in the heart of this lonely guy, what he believes in, what he really loves. Then these two men meet by chance one day. The story takes an unexpected turn of events concerning a murder case. Maybe the two of them should never have met. And then there's Kanzo's sister Yuko (Eri Fukatsu). What will the relationship between her and Ryo be like?

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Created by
Shin Hirano, Isamu Nakae
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Comedy
Starring
Sanma Akashiya, Takuya Kimura, Eri Fukatsu
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • grief
  • mystery
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, mystery, comedy, drama
Created by
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Written by
Eriko Kitagawa
Starring
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Music
Ryo Yoshimata
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 60 min each
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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