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Xenos Kusenosu

2007 · 1 season

A slow, uneasy mystery that keeps you leaning in, piecing together a puzzle where nothing about the people you trust quite adds up.

Created by
Makito Murakami, Tatsuya Ikezawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ken Kaito, Nami Ichinohe, Risa Goto
Overview
Ishibashi Naoto is a successful reporter who has just gotten married to his girlfriend, Saki, whom he met one month earlier. However, as Naoto begins to live a new life as a married man, strange things start to happen. Saki disappears without a trace and as Naoto begins searching for her, he finds out Saki's identity doesn't exist. When Naoto starts to dig deeper into the mystery, he begins to receive anonymous threats. Frustrated, Naoto meets a Yoshino Mariko, detective who thinks she might hold the answers to Naoto's questions.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Makito Murakami, Tatsuya Ikezawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ken Kaito, Nami Ichinohe, Risa Goto
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • obsession
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Makito Murakami, Tatsuya Ikezawa
    Written by
    Masahiro Yamaura
    Starring
    Ken Kaito, Nami Ichinohe, Risa Goto, Yuika Hotta, Yuta Kanai, Natsume Sano, Tsuyoshi Muro, Katsuya Kobayashi
    Music
    Yumi Igarashi
    Length
    1 seasons, 12 episodes
    Network
    TV Tokyo
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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