

A detective hunts for strangers while chasing the ghost of his own missing wife.
44 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestFormer detective Tatsuhiko Kinosaki forms a private team to search for missing persons overlooked by the police, while secretly seeking to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his wife.
Acting
Machida's hollow-eyed weariness carries every frame.
Writing
Case-of-the-week structure that actually deepens the serialized pain.
Direction
Directors capture Tokyo's lonely midnight hours beautifully.
Creators
Hiroyuki Komine, Tatsuya Ikezawa, Ryo Shimazoe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japan reports roughly 80,000 missing persons annually; this series reflects growing cultural anxiety about elderly isolation and youth displacement in urban centers.
Keita Machida prepared by shadowing actual missing persons volunteers for three months, and reportedly kept his character's notebook after filming ended.