TV series

After the Quake

2025 · 1 season

A quiet, haunting watch that lingers in silences, blending everyday grief with strange, dreamlike moments that unsettle more than they explain.

Overview: This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, memory, isolation, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
memory
isolation
trauma
healing
Places: big city
home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild