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90s J-drama fever dreamglamorous amnesia noirTakuya Kimura staring contest

Latest Episode

Episode 11

52 min

Season 1 • Episode 11

Latest

Episode 11

Jun 25, 1997

Overview

An unconscious young man is found inside the closet of a missing billionaire. Amnesiac, he is given the name Yukio and kept close to Naomi—the woman who was supposed to disappear alongside the billionaire, Shibata—in case he ever recovers his memories of the night he was rescued and the whereabouts of Shibata and his fortune.

Content warning

amnesia delivery man

identity as commoditywealth's corrupting performancememory versus constructed truth

Standout Aspects

Acting

Kimura's blank-slate vulnerability anchors the absurd premise.

Costume

Peak 1997 fashion—oversized suits and existential despair.

Best for:Solo·Binge

First AiredApr 16, 1997

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Seasons1·Episodes11

Top Cast

Takuya Kimura

Yukio Hayasaka（早坂由紀夫）

Shigeru Muroi

Naomi Koshigoe（腰越奈緒美）

Satomi Kobayashi

Juliett Hoshikawa（ジュリエット星川）

Ryoko Shinohara

Chiaki Akiyama（秋山千明）

Masayuki Imai

Sadayuki Yanagase（野長瀬定幸）

Mitsuko Baisho

Reiko Sakuhara（朔原令子）

Zen Kajihara

Shinji Tsukuba（筑波新次）

Kiyoshiro Imawano

Akira Tamura（田村アキラ）

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Gift aired during Kimura's explosive post-Long Vacation fame, making his amnesiac deliveryman an unlikely heartthrob role that defined 90s J-drama tropes.

Cultural

The ' delivery man' protagonist reflects Japan's economic anxiety era—white-collar identity stripped to service labor, with amnesia as metaphor for lost corporate loyalty.

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