Contrail: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Aoki Aya is a lonely woman who lost her husband in a random murder six years ago. The son she was expecting at the time of the incident is now 5 years old. One day, she meets truck driver Osabe Ryoji at the drive-in where she works and falls in love with him. However, Ryoji, who abandoned everything including his job as a lawyer, was the perpetrator of her husband's murder six years ago.

Series details

• Title: Contrail
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2016-04-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16120
• TVDB ID: 309268

Cast and credited roles

• Yuriko Ishida — Aoki Aya
• Arata Iura — Osabe Ryoji

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-15; final listed air date 2016-06-03; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Contrail on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.