TV series

Kyukei no Koya
1978 · 1 season
A slow, shadowy wartime mystery that keeps you leaning in, heavy with secrets and quiet dread.
- Created by
- Yutaro Kawamura
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Starring
- Komaki Kurihara, Kunio Murai, Kaneko Iwasaki
- Overview
- Based on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.
- How it feels
- Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Conspiracy, family, deception, war
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Yutaro Kawamura
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Starring
- Komaki Kurihara, Kunio Murai, Kaneko Iwasaki









