Marks no Yama: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

20 years ago a half-frozen boy was rescuded in the mountains after his parents apparent sucide. He gets released from a mental institution and his girlfriend notices him talking about a dark mountain shadow. Meanwhile a murder happens in a residential area in Tokyo. Assistant Inspector Goda Yuichiro takes on the investigation. Soon an official of the Ministery of Justice gets murdered in a similar fashion pointing towards a serial killer. Yet, Goda receives a strange order from above: he's not to further investigate in this direction. He senses a huge mystery behind the case and starts chasing after the psychopath killer called Marks. Somehow a journalist's research about a corrupt construction magnate and another unsolved murder that happend in the mountains 13 years ago are also linked to the case.

Series details

• Title: Marks no Yama
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2010-10-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-11-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2861

Cast and credited roles

• Takaya Kamikawa — Goda Yuichiro
• Kengo Kora — Marks

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-10-17; final listed air date 2010-11-14; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Marks no Yama 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.