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Sunset

2023 · 1 season

A slow, quietly tense plunge into buried secrets, where every conversation feels like a step deeper into moral fog.

Created by: Eiji Uchida, Eriko Shinozaki
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Riho Yoshioka, Hitomi Kuroki

Overview: Hasebe Kaori is a rookie movie director. She consults with new screenwriter Kai Chihiro about her movie's screenplay. The script is based on the Sasazukacho Family Murder Case that occurred 15 years ago. That murder case involved a hikikomori man who murdered his younger sister at their home and then set their home on fire. The fire also killed his parents. The town where the murder took place is also the hometown of Kai Chihiro. Both Hasebe Kaori and Kai Chihiro have secrets related to the family murder case. While Hasebe Kaori and Kai Chihiro look into this murder case for their movie, a shocking truth is uncovered.

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Created by: Eiji Uchida, Eriko Shinozaki
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Riho Yoshioka, Hitomi Kuroki

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: mystery
deception
guilt
isolation
family
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, mystery
Created by: Eiji Uchida, Eriko Shinozaki
Written by: Eriko Shinozaki
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Riho Yoshioka, Hitomi Kuroki, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shiori Kubo, Sei Matobu, Mitsuomi Takahashi, Ichirôta Miyakawa
Music: Kobayashi Yohei
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes, 51 min each
Network: WOWOW Prime
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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