The House on the Slope: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Yamasaki Risako was leading a tranquil life with her 3-year-old daughter Ayaka and husband. One day, she gets a notification from the court of her selection as a juror candidate for a criminal case. The defendant of the case was Ando Mizuho, a full-time housewife and mother who is about the same age as Risako, who abused her 8-month-old daughter to death by dropping her into the bathtub. Risako is subsequently selected as the alternate juror.

As a fellow mother, Risako is disgusted with Mizuho who killed her own child. But after the trial begins, she gradually begins to superimpose the memories of her own past onto the situation of Ando Mizuho, the defendant herself. Risako eventually becomes troubled by the chaos and emotions that had lain dormant in her own heart.

Series details

• Title: The House on the Slope
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2019-04-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-06-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46575
• IMDb ID: tt10670870
• TVDB ID: 364534

Cast and credited roles

• Kou Shibasaki — Risako Yamazaki
• Miki Mizuno — Mizuho Ando

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-04-27; final listed air date 2019-06-01; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The House on the Slope 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.