

Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestTamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Heizo Harada.
Acting
Asano's hollow-eyed grief carries every scene
Cinematography
Taiwan and Tokyo as mourning spaces
Writing
Unhurried dread, Raymond Chandler in translation
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Jiro Asada's novel, previously adapted in 1978 with entirely different tone. This version strips away exposition until you're as lost as Banji.
The 2014 release coincided with real Japanese media scandals around political pressure on reporting. Heizo's empire feels borrowed from actual newspaper dynasties.