TV series

Godan

2015 · 1 season

A slow, suffocating corporate thriller that makes moral compromise feel like a physical weight.

Overview: Makita Takahiro works in the Public Relations Department of Nagawara Seiyaku, a major pharmaceutical company in Japan. One day, on his way to work, he witness someone committing suicide by jumping onto the railway tracks, into the path of an oncoming train. A few days later, he is called into the Vice President, Anjo Takao's office, where he is told that the suicide may have something to do with one of the drugs manufactured by the company.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Corruption, guilt, morality, power
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: corruption
guilt
morality
power
deception
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none