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NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

20119 Seasons21 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

A long-running NHK investigative strand that revisits headline-making unsolved cases with a hybrid of docudrama and documentary, drawing on police files, journalists’ notes, and new interviews to surface leads and lessons.

NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Takao Osawa

Takao Osawa

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Ryuta Sato

Ryuta Sato

Junpei Mizobata

Junpei Mizobata

Reo Tamaoki

Reo Tamaoki

Oshirō Maeda

Oshirō Maeda

Win Morisaki

Win Morisaki

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

About NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases is a drama, documentary series that first aired in 2011. it stars Takao Osawa, Mirai Moriyama, Ryuta Sato. A long-running NHK investigative strand that revisits headline-making unsolved cases with a hybrid of docudrama and documentary, drawing on police files, journalists’ notes, and new interviews to surface leads and lessons.

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