Shinhannin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 2008, Isao Sudo is found dead in Shizuoka Prefecture. He ran a used car store in Tokyo. Detective Satoru Kusaka from Shizuoka Prefecture investigates the death of Isao Sudo. He learns that in 1974, Isao Sudo's son was kidnapped and killed in Shizuoka Prefecture.

In 1988, Seiichiro Shigeto was appointed to lead a team of 6 detectives and they reinvestigated the kidnapping and murder case involving Isao Sudo's son.

Detective Satoru Kusaka has a hunch that the case involving the death of Isao Sudo's son will lead to the case involving the death of the father. Detective Satoru Kusaka meets Seiichiro Shigeto to gather information.

Series details

• Title: Shinhannin
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 2018-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-10-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 42 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38672

Cast and credited roles

• Takaya Kamikawa — Shigeto Seiichiro
• Kotaro Koizumi — Kusaka Satoru
• Yuki Uchida — Rie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-23; final listed air date 2018-10-21; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shinhannin 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.