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Kagerou no Tsuji

2007–2009 · 3 seasons

A somber, deliberate samurai drama of guilt and quiet intrigue, unfolding with restrained swordplay and a heavy sense of duty.

Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Overview
Sakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a promising son and successor to a powerful family in Bungo. He has came back to Edo, where he lived for a while for swordplay training with his two best friends, after a tragedy in the three's home domain—both of the two friends died, one of them killed by Iwane by command of the domain lord's chief retainer. Iwane left his home for Edo, leaving behind his fiancée, a sister of the friend he killed. Eventually, Iwane detects the conspiracy behind the deaths of the two friends and struggles to reform his domain.

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Drama, Action & adventure
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • conspiracy
  • loyalty
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, action & adventure
Starring
Koji Yamamoto, Noriko Nakagoshi, Ikkei Watanabe, Masaomi Kondo, Rei Dan, Takashi Kobayashi, Uryu Misaki, B-saku Satoh
Length
3 seasons, 37 episodes
Network
NHK
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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