Hokuto: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

20-year-old Hokuto is being detained as a murderer and tells his court-appointed lawyer Takai Soichi to get him the death penalty. Hokuto was actually severely abused by his parents in his childhood and starved of love. He met Kondo Ayako who became his foster mother through child welfare services and learned love for the first time. Released from the darkness of his mind, he started to feel like a new person but he is made sport by bizarre fate and becomes a murderer.

Series details

• Title: Hokuto
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2017-03-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-04-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23002
• TVDB ID: 322760

Cast and credited roles

• Nakayama Yuma — Hokuto

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-03-25; final listed air date 2017-04-22; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hokuto 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.