Kageri Yuku Natsu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the summer of 1995, a newborn baby was abducted from Yokosuka General Hospital. The culprits demanded a ransom of 100 million yen from the director of the hospital instead of the baby's parents. The kidnappers die in a car accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. 20 years on, the Tozai Newspaper has offered a job to a female university student, Hiroko Asakura. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine's scoop proclaiming she is actually the daughter of one of the kidnappers. Muto Seiichi tries to make her accept the offer. Meanwhile, Hidekazu Kaji, a former hotshot journalist who has been relegated to a marginal employee in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper's chief, Junichi Sugino, to look into that kidnapping case again. That already gloomy summer becomes more-so with each new truth that's unearthed.

Series details

• Title: Kageri Yuku Natsu
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2015-01-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-02-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42359
• IMDb ID: tt4186212
• TVDB ID: 292924

Cast and credited roles

• Atsuro Watabe — Hidekazu Kaji
• Mugi Kadowaki — Hiroko Asakura
• Saburo Tokito — Seiichi Muto

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-01-18; final listed air date 2015-02-15; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kageri Yuku Natsu 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.