Name: Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: 2016-10-22
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Yoh Yoshida, Kento Nagayama, Kenichi Takitoh, Ken Mitsuishi, Tomokazu Miura

Dead cases, living secrets — Japan's coldest crimes finally speak.

methodical obsessionquiet devastationprocedural precision

Latest Episode

60 min

Season 3 • Episode 10

Latest

Episode 10

Feb 6, 2021

Overview

Drama Mystery Crime

Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

JP Japanese

Content warning

remake detective police investigation murder investigation police procedural cold case

institutional memorygenerational traumathe weight of unresolved grieffemale leadership in patriarchal systems

Standout Aspects

Acting

Yoh Yoshida's restrained fire anchors every frame.

Writing

Each cold case is a compact tragedy, no filler.

Direction

Muted palette lets grief breathe without melodrama.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Heads up:Emotional

First AiredOct 22, 2016

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons3·Episodes30

Top Cast

Yoh Yoshida

Ishikawa Yuri

Kento Nagayama

Takagi Shinjiro

Kenichi Takitoh

Tachikawa Daisuke

Ken Mitsuishi

Kaneko Toru

Tomokazu Miura

Motoki Hidetoshi

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

The original US Cold Case flopped in Japan; this remake succeeded by replacing American nostalgia with specifically Japanese anxieties about family obligation and social disappearance.

Trivia

Yoh Yoshida insisted on performing her own archival footage recreations, aging herself across decades for each case's flashbacks — no digital de-aging used.

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