TV series

Rainbow

2010 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning drama about damaged young men finding fragile brotherhood in a harsh postwar institution.

Overview: About ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced in the war.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, trauma, friendship, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
trauma
friendship
isolation
healing
Places: prison
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild