Wasted Land

A slow, weighty drama about a man carrying war scars into a booming corporate world, asking quiet questions about guilt and rebuilding.

Created by

Kensaku Sawada, Naruhide Mizuta

Genres

Drama, Family

Starring

Toshiaki Karasawa, Emi Wakui, Koyuki

Overview

Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company. --Tokyograph

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Trauma, family, guilt, power

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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