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Stairway to Heaven

2002 · 1 season

A slow-burning, emotionally charged thriller where old wounds and quiet scheming keep you tense and invested.

Overview
A past he wants to take back. A past that will never go away. Twenty-seven years ago Keiichi Kashiwagi lost his father to suicide after the rich and powerful Esei Group took over the family ranch, and Keiichi’s beloved Akiko married into the Esei family. Keiichi then swore he would have his revenge. Now, Keiichi is head of his own corporation and running for office in the same electorate as Tatsuya Esei, the man who took Akiko from him long ago. Having fallen on hard times, Tatsuya is trying to marry his daughter Matsue into another rich corporate family, but Akiko remembers her own loveless marriage with remorse and refuses to have her daughter share the same fate. In the middle of this, Keiichi’s past rears its ugly head, leading to murder and blackmail. Betrayal and revenge are tempered with the tenderness of love in this gripping suspense.
How it feels
Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Revenge, betrayal, grief, love
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • love
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Starring
Koichi Sato, Tomoka Kurotani, Masaya Katō, Nene Otsuka, Masato Furuoya
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 60 min each
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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