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Shinzanmono

2010 · 1 season

A quietly absorbing police procedural that lingers on the human stories behind a murder, rewarding close attention with its gentle, methodical pacing.

Created by
Satoshi Kan, Yasuharu Ishii
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Tomokazu Miura, Junpei Mizobata
Overview
In the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of Ningyo-cho's shopping street emerging as suspects, Detective Kaga must use his keen sense of deductive reasoning to uncover the truth.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Satoshi Kan, Yasuharu Ishii
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Tomokazu Miura, Junpei Mizobata
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • crime
  • family
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Created by
Satoshi Kan, Yasuharu Ishii, Daisuke Yamamuro, Shunichi Hirano
Written by
Keisuke Makino, Katsunari Mano
Starring
Hiroshi Abe, Tomokazu Miura, Junpei Mizobata, Meisa Kuroki, Mieko Harada, Takashi Sasano, Osamu Mukai, Yuichi Kimura
Music
Yugo Kanno
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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