Mangan

A quiet, somber legal drama that unfolds with patient gravity, asking you to sit with moral ambiguity and the weight of debt.

Genres

Drama

Starring

Susumu Terajima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shingo Murakami

Overview

Ukawa Taeko withdraws her appeal on a murder case, despite her lawyer's insistence. Taeko is the owner of the boarding house which her attorney, Fujii lived in back in his law school days. Fujii had struggled with school, but thanks to Taeko's support he became a lawyer. However, Taeko continued to struggle with her husband, Shigeharu's large debt. In an act to end the struggle, Taeko killed a moneylender when he came to collect. The lingering question was why kill the lender?

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Guilt, morality, class, grief

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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