Japan Sinks: People of Hope

Japan Sinks: People of Hope (Japanese: 日本沈没ー希望のひとー, Hepburn: Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito) is a Japanese drama series premiered in October 2021. Based on the novel Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu, the series aired on TBS and its affiliates,[1] and also aired internationally on Netflix as a part of a three-series deal between Netflix and TBS.[2]

Japan Sinks: People of Hope
Japanese name
Kanji日本沈没ー希望のひとー
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnNihon Chinbotsu -Kibo no Hito-
GenreDrama
Based onJapan Sinks
by Sakyo Komatsu
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Directed byShun'ichi Hirano
Nobuhiro Doi
Yōhei Miyazaki
StarringShun Oguri
Kenichi Matsuyama
Anne Watanabe
Toru Nakamura
Teruyuki Kagawa
Narrated byChiaki Horan
ComposerYugo Kanno
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducerKeigo Higashinaka
Running time47–68 minutes
Production companyTBS Television
Original release
Network
  • JNN (TBS Television) (Japan)
  • Netflix (International)
ReleaseOctober 10 (2021-10-10) –
December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "日曜劇場『日本沈没ー希望のひとー』". TBSテレビ (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "TBSとNETFLIX 新作3本を全世界配信決定" [TBS and Netflix to release 3 new dramas worldwide]. PR TIMES (in Japanese). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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