Hitoya no Toge: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Takeshima Ryota is a new prison officer whose late father was also in the same profession. He sets foot in Kita Kanto Prison and sees corrupt prison officers quietly condone the bullying of prisoners and gamble inside. One day, Nakui Soichi from the Ministry of Justice becomes the new prison chief. Meanwhile, Ryota is given a rough welcome by Kamimiya Korekiyo, a prisoner with clout. A senior officer Akimura Shigeharu offers Ryota advice, but Akimura's baffling actions bewilder him. Then Nakui gives Ryota instructions in an attempt to cleanup the festering prison. On top of that, Kamimiya gets close to Ryota and hints that he knows something about his father's death. What is the justice and truth in the prison which is a closed world that no one knows...

Series details

• Title: Hitoya no Toge
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2017-03-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 26146
• IMDb ID: tt6318074
• TVDB ID: 321039

Cast and credited roles

• Masataka Kubota — Takeshima Ryota
• Yukiyoshi Ozawa — Nakui Soichi
• Izumiya Shigeru — Kamimiya Korekiyo
• Narushi Ikeda — Iwamoto Yasutaka
• Masato Hagiwara — Akimura Shigeharu

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-03-19; final listed air date 2017-04-23; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hitoya no Toge 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.