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Hagetaka

2018 · 1 season

A tense, talky corporate drama of boardroom manoeuvres and financial brinkmanship, demanding attention as it unpicks the moral cost of aggressive dealmaking.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Go Ayano, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuro Watabe
Overview
During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized for being a vulture. He tries to buy a bank and another company that are experiencing financial depression.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Go Ayano, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuro Watabe
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • power
  • greed
  • corruption
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Go Ayano, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuro Watabe, Kaoru Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Tetta Sugimoto, Ken Mitsuishi, Haruka Kinami
Music
Harumi Fuuki
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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