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NR 9 Seasons • 21 Episodes

NHK Special: Unsolved Cases

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.

Seasons

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

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.

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