The Long Goodbye: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on the same-titled novel by Raymond Chandler, the drama is set in Tokyo, in the 1950's. Harada Tamotsu was suspected of murdering his wife, the actress Harada Shizuka. He then fled to Taiwan and had apparently committed suicide over there. However, Tamotsu's friend Masuzawa Banji, who works as a private detective, has doubts about Tamotsu's death, but the incident is hushed up by Harada Heizo, a powerful media mogul. Soon after, Masuzawa is pulled into another case involving the neighbors of the Harada family, a drunk novelist Kamiido Joji. His investigations lead him to a publishing company editor, Haneoka, and to the sister of the murdered Shizuka, Takamura Yoshino. Most but not least, he is introduced to Joji's beautiful wife, Aiko, who seems to be the key to both the cases.

Series details

• Title: The Long Goodbye
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2014-04-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-05-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46194
• IMDb ID: tt3465830
• TVDB ID: 280622

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-19; final listed air date 2014-05-17; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Long Goodbye 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.