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Hitoya no Toge

2017 · 1 season

A grim, claustrophobic look inside a corrupt prison where every quiet conversation carries threat and moral weight.

Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
Ryota Takeshima (Masataka Kubota) has followed in his father's footsteps and now works as a prison officer at Kitakanto Prison. He has witnessed corrupt prison officers who tolerates bullying and gambling. Soichi Nakui (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) then becomes the newly appointed prison chief. Soichi gives an order to Ryota, informing him that he will get rid of prison corruption.
How it feels
Dark, tense, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Corruption, power, justice, morality
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Starring
Masataka Kubota, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Narushi Ikeda, Maho Nonami, Ryusuke Komakine, Yoji Tanaka, Yoshiki Arizono
Music
Goro Yasukawa
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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