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Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook

1982 · 7 seasons

A slow, meticulous study of a quiet woman turning corruption to her advantage, tense and quietly gripping.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Upon finding out about the existence of a huge slush fund, veteran teller Haraguchi Motoko carefully plans for six months and finally succeeds in embezzling 75 million yen, which she uses to open a club in Ginza.
How it feels
Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Crime, greed, ambition, power
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Seicho Matsumoto
Written by
Kei Hattori
Starring
Yōko Yamamoto, Masakazu Tamura, Hisako Manda, Takao Inoue, Yonetaro Ozawa
Length
7 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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