TV series

Tokyo 23-ku Onna

2019 · 1 season

A quiet, creeping tour of ordinary city corners that turn unsettling, rewarding patient viewers with slow-burning dread.

Overview: Freelance writer Ririko Harada and folklore expert Hitoshi Shimano explore Tokyo’s 23 wards, uncovering chilling urban legends and ghostly encounters hidden within the city’s most familiar places.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, isolation, death, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
isolation
death
memory
fate
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none