A Fading Summer (2015)
Original title: 翳りゆく夏
A Fading Summer is a 2015 Japanese-language crime series. It stars Atsuro Watabe, Saburo Tokito and Mugi Kadowaki.
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
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What is A Fading Summer about?
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
When was A Fading Summer released?
A Fading Summer was released on 18 January 2015.
How many episodes does A Fading Summer have?
A Fading Summer has 5 episodes across 1 seasons.
Cast
- Atsuro Watabe as Hidekazu Kaji
- Saburo Tokito as Seiichi Muto
- Mugi Kadowaki as Hiroko Asakura
- Masaki Suda as Toshiharu Muto
- Ryo Iwamatsu as Shuhei Inoue
- Kenichi Takitoh as Junji Horie
- Wakana Aoi
- Masuyo Iwamoto
- Masahiro Toda as Soichi Tezuka
- Kyusaku Shimada as Sadatoshi Otsuki
- Atsuko Maeda as Yu Kahara
- Yōko Moriguchi as Asako Tezuka