Influence: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Yuri goes to a female novelist and tells her that she and two of her friends committed three murders. Yuri asks the novelist to write a story about them. 

Back when Yuri was a high school student, she lived in an apartment complex in the province. She was aware that her classmate Satoko was sexually assaulted by Satoko's grandfather, but Yuri could not do anything about that and they became estranged. This hurt Yuri emotionally. Maho, from Tokyo, transferred to Yuri's high school. 

Maho took everything seriously and this led her to not get along with the other students, but she became close with Yuri. They lived in the same apartment complex. One day, Maho was about to be attacked by someone holding a knife. Yuri tried to help Maho and this led to Yuri stabbing the attacker. The next day, Satoko was arrested.

Series details

• Title: Influence
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2021-03-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-04-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54392
• TVDB ID: 397994

Cast and credited roles

• Kanna Hashimoto — Totsuka Yuri
• Wakana Aoi — Sakazaki Maho
• Ai Yoshikawa — Hino Satoko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-03-20; final listed air date 2021-04-17; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

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