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Hobonichi no Kaidan

2020 · 1 season

Short, unsettling vignettes that feel like whispered true ghost stories, quietly eerie rather than shocking.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Overview
A Japanese horror television drama based on the book of the same name written by Itoi Shigesato. He originally began serializing his collection of ghost stories on his website Hobonikkan Itoishinbun in 2004. Each of the ghost stories are based on real-life events experienced by real-life people. It was published as a book in August 2018, and later adapted into a television drama in August 2020. The Hobonikkan Itoishinbun website continues to add ghost stories to the Hobonichi no Kaidan. collection to this day.
How it feels
Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Death, fate, memory, isolation
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
Jirô Nagae, Masafumi Yamada, Wataru Hiranami, Yasutake Torii
Starring
Saki Shimizu, Saki Nakajima, Maasa Sudo, Kurumi Takase, Shiori Nishida, Momona Kasahara, Layla Ise, Harumi Nakajima
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 12 min each
Network
tvk
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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