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Platinum Town

2012 · 1 season

A quiet, sincere drama about a man trying to revive a struggling town, moving at a patient pace with a warm, slightly melancholy heart.

Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Rei Dan, Hiroyuki Hirayama
Overview
Tetsuro Yamasaki returns to his hometown to find that it is in financial crisis. He quits his job and settles in his hometown to help the town get out of this crisis.

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Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Rei Dan, Hiroyuki Hirayama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • work
  • loyalty
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Kosuke Suzuki
Starring
Yo Oizumi, Rei Dan, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Atsuro Watabe, Naoki Tanaka, Itsuji Itao, Mitsuki Tanimura, Akira Emoto
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 57 min each
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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