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The Consultant

2026 · 1 season

A quiet, creeping suspense that blurs the line between fiction and real violence.

Created by
Hideo Nakata, Yoshinori Kobayashi
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Kentaro Ito, Fumino Kimura, GACKT
Overview
A budding novelist realizes his crime fiction is being used as a blueprint for real-life assassinations by a mysterious organization.

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Created by
Hideo Nakata, Yoshinori Kobayashi
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Starring
Kentaro Ito, Fumino Kimura, GACKT
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • mystery
    • deception
    • obsession
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, mystery
    Created by
    Hideo Nakata, Yoshinori Kobayashi
    Written by
    Masashi Todayama
    Starring
    Kentaro Ito, Fumino Kimura, GACKT, Hinako Sakurai, Hayate Ichinose, Gamon Kaai, Isshiki Rune
    Music
    Hidehiro Kawai
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes
    Network
    WOWOW Prime
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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