The Man with the God Tongue: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ranmaru, Hikaru and Kanji go to Yunishigawa hot spring to look for a geisha girl, Miyabi. At a hotel there, they spot Miyabi leaving with a man, but fail to follow her as their old car runs out of petrol. Meanwhile, Kanji asks a hotel manager, Misuzu to let them stay for free in return for Ranmaru working as a bathhouse attendant. Then the president of the local hot spring union, Ishihara, rushes in and tell them that a dead body has been found in the river nearby. All those things bring a great turmoil. -- TBS

Series details

• Title: The Man with the God Tongue
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2016-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-09-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18797
• IMDb ID: tt5677734
• TVDB ID: 313572

Cast and credited roles

• Hino Shohei — Tomonaga Heisuke
• Shin Takuma — Tomonaga Ryusuke
• Ryoko Hirosue — Miyabi
• Osamu Mukai — Tomonaga Ranmaru
• Fumino Kimura — Kamekanbo Hikaru
• Sato Jiro — Miyazawa Kanji

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-07-08; final listed air date 2016-09-09; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Man with the God Tongue 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.