Shiroi Dakuryu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kazuki Yoshinami is a pharmaceutical researcher at a university. His friend Wataru Kashiwagi is also a pharmaceutical researcher at the same university. They are rivals, but talk to each other about their dreams. One day, Kazuki Yoshinami has a groundbreaking discovery. This leads to Kazuki Yoshinami and Wataru Kashiwagi becoming involved in a competition among companies over patents. Newspaper reporter Tomoko Kawahara, who is Kazuki Yoshinami's childhood friend, becomes aware of this.

Series details

• Title: Shiroi Dakuryu
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2021-08-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-10-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 60360
• TVDB ID: 409544

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-08-22; final listed air date 2021-10-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shiroi Dakuryu 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.