Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestHaru Komatsubara, a quiet prisoner, working as a hairdresser in a unique prison beauty salon, reflects on guilt, redemption, and second chances as her sentence nears its end.
Acting
Nao's silence speaks entire monologues.
Direction
Matsumoto finds beauty in institutional beige.
Writing
Novel adaptation that trusts viewer intelligence.
Nao
Haru Komatsubara
Kaho
Natsu Komatsubara
Riko Narumi
Misa Kagawa
Ken Mitsuishi
Kazumichi Hosaka
Satomi Kobayashi
Fuyuko Sugo
Kilala Inori
Shiho Ashihara
Sena Nakajima
Aya Ichii
Shusaku Kamikawa
Shota Tsuda
Ayumu Nakajima
Hiroki Nanuma
Naomi Nishida
Noriko Ichii
Mijika Nagai
Nozomi Sato
Yuriko Hirooka
Nimura
Shima Ise
Sone
Noritake Kinashi
Hisashi
Mayumi Asaka
Aki Komatsubara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Mari Okada's novel; she also wrote Anohana and The Anthem of the Heart, so yes, your heart WILL hurt.
Japanese women's prisons actually operate beauty salons as rehabilitation programs—a rare case of fiction understating reality.
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