Why it may be worth watching
- Shōtai combines Drama and Mystery storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Kazuya Kamenashi, Hitomi Kuroki, Shihori Kanjiya.
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Shōtai
Keiichi Kaburagi is arrested as a suspect in a murder case and sentenced to death. He escaped from prison during the transfer, but while fleeing, he rescues the people he meets in his hiding place from the predicament. And when the rescued people realize that Kaburagi is a wanted death-row prisoner, they begin to wonder, "Is he really a murderer?"
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Cast
Kazuya KamenashiKeiichi Kaburagi
Hitomi KurokiYoshiko Io
Shihori KanjiyaSayaka Ando
Mayumi WakamuraHiroko Sasahara
Takaya KamikawaJunji Watanabe
Hayato IchiharaKazuya Nonomura
Atsuko TakahataSetsue Konno
Mayu HottaMai Sakai
Takahiro HamadaTamotsu Yomoda
Takuma OtooKan Mata
Kaoru OkunukiMiyoko Inamoto
Kumiko FujiyoshiNobuyo Okubo
Toru NomaguchiOne
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Mystery. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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A regional age classification is not currently listed. Metadata signals include violence or peril. Ratings vary by country; use this as a quick screening note rather than a complete parental guide.
Themes and topics
based on novel or bookdeath sentenceprison escapemurderfugitivepolice investigationassumed identityhidden identity
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