A Fading Summer (2015)

01/18/2015 (JP) • 1h

Crime, Mystery

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Atsuro Watabe

Hidekazu Kaji

5 Episodes

Saburo Tokito

Seiichi Muto

5 Episodes

Mugi Kadowaki

Hiroko Asakura

5 Episodes

Masaki Suda

Toshiharu Muto

5 Episodes

Ryo Iwamatsu

Shuhei Inoue

5 Episodes

Kenichi Takitoh

Junji Horie

5 Episodes

Wakana Aoi

5 Episodes

Masuyo Iwamoto

5 Episodes

Masahiro Toda

Soichi Tezuka

5 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2015 | 5 Episodes

Season 1 of A Fading Summer premiered on January 18, 2015.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

journalist

based on novel or book

newspaper

kidnapping

investigation

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