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dele

20187.71 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client’s death, they cannot help getting involved.

Created by Takayoshi Honda
Written by Takayoshi Honda
Produced by Tetsuya Kuroda, Kenji Yamada, Masaharu Ota
Networkstv asahi

Top Cast

Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Keiji Sakagami

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Yutaro Mashiba

Kumiko Aso

Kumiko Aso

Mai Sakagami

Themes & Keywords

japanfriendshipbusiness

About dele

dele is a drama series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of japan, friendship, business. Created by Takayoshi Honda, it stars Takayuki Yamada, Masaki Suda, Kumiko Aso. Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client’s death, they cannot help getting involved.

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