The Confession of the Sirens (2020)
Original title: セイレーンの懺悔
The Confession of the Sirens is a 2020 Japanese-language crime series created by Shichiri Nakayama. It stars Yuko Araki, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi and Rin Takanashi.
Asakura Takami is a reporter working for news programme "Afternoon JAPAN" which is currently in danger due to continous scandals. To recover the honor of "Afternoon JAPAN", Takami decides to follow senior reporter Satoya Taichi to cover the abduction case of a high school girl.
Through interviewing a classmate, Takami found out that the girl was bullied. However, another girl who is suspected to be the culprit actually suffered from a rape incident 6 years ago.
Cast
- Yuko Araki as Asakura Takami
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Satoya Taichi [Reporter of Teito TV]
- Rin Takanashi as Mishima Nanako [Japan TV reporter]
- Masanobu Takashima as Kudo Kenji [Detective]
- Masahiro Komoto as Higashira Nobuhiro [Ayaka's father]
- Mari Hamada as Higashira Ritsuko [Ayaka's mother]
- Kazuma Sano as Kato Eiji
- Ririka Kawashima
- Mie Ota
- Hiroyuki Onoue as Akikawa Keigo
- Ikuji Nakamura as Tsumura Hitoshi
- Yuichi Haba as Kirishima Yoshiro