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The Ransom is Kidnapping

2026 · 1 season

A queasy moral vise that tightens episode by episode, forcing you to sit with impossible choices and the quiet dread of ordinary parents pushed past their limits.

Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
A kidnapped girl's parents are blackmailed by the abductor into kidnapping another child to save their own daughter.
How it feels
Tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, parenthood, crime, guilt
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Starring
Ryo Katsuji, Miori Takimoto, Izutani Rana, Yoshi Sakō, Kodai Asaka, Akito Kiriyama, Hata Sakurako, Aimi Satsukawa
Music
Yuuki Munakata
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes
Network
Nippon TV, YTV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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