The Cicada's Eighth Day
2010
📺 1 Season
🎬 6 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 45 min/episode
DramaMysteryFamily
Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.
Seasons
Season 1
Crew
Director
Akimitsu Sasaki, Takashi Fujio
Writer
Taeko Asano
Network
NHK G
Production
NHK
Keywords
based on novel or bookobsessionkidnappingbetrayalfugitivelove affairabortion