TV series

Ningen no Shōmei

1978 · 1 season

A slow, sombre procedural that unpeels a death into layers of class, memory and buried guilt.

Overview: TV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi Morimura.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Class, identity, grief, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
grief
guilt
justice
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild