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Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

2007 · 1 season

A tense, talky corporate thriller that makes boardroom maneuvering feel like a high-stakes siege, demanding close attention to follow the financial scheming.

Created by
Keishi Otomo, Kentaro Horikirizono
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nao Omori, Ryuhei Matsuda, Chiaki Kuriyama
Overview
A Japanese bank is being targeted by Horizon, an American financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms. Horizon sends the Japanese financier Masahiko Washizu to do the job with only one instruction: buy them cheap and sell them high.

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Created by
Keishi Otomo, Kentaro Horikirizono
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nao Omori, Ryuhei Matsuda, Chiaki Kuriyama
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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
  • corruption
  • greed
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
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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Genres
drama
Created by
Keishi Otomo, Kentaro Horikirizono, Tsuyoshi Inoue
Written by
Koji Hayashi
Starring
Nao Omori, Ryuhei Matsuda, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kyôhei Shibata, Kotaro Shiga, Toshifumi Muramatsu, Kenichi Yajima, Yōsuke Asari
Music
Naoki Sato
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 348 min each
Network
NHK
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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