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Signal

2018 · 1 season

A taut, brooding procedural where every crackle of the walkie-talkie tightens the knot of consequence and regret.

Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Akira Uchikata
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Kichise
Tagline
A Call from the Past, the Call for the Future
Overview
Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day, and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.

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Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Akira Uchikata
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Kichise
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • crime
  • memory
  • fate
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Akira Uchikata
Written by
Masaya Ozaki
Starring
Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Kichise, Yuichi Kimura, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Kaede Aono, Fuju Kamio, Atsuro Watabe
Music
Asami Tachibana, Yuki Hayashi
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 54 min each
Network
Fuji TV, Kansai TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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