Rakuen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

An incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed their 15-year-old daughter and hid her body under their house for 16 years.

One day, housewife Toshiko Hagitani visits Shigeko Maehata who works for a small editing company. Toshiko tells Shigeko that her 12-year-old son Hitoshi might have a special ability to see other people's memories. She pulls out a picture drawn by Hitoshi. The picture has a girl with a grey colored face lying in a house that has a bat shaped weather vane on its roof. The picture seems to depict the incident involving the Doizaki couple. Shigeko decides to do some research, but Hitoshi dies in a car accident.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the Doizaki couple tells their second daughter Seiko that the couple has cut off all ties with her. Around that time, a female high student is confined.

Series details

• Title: Rakuen
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2017-01-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-02-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22992
• TVDB ID: 321040

Cast and credited roles

• Yukie Nakama — Maehata Shigeko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-08; final listed air date 2017-02-12; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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