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A Suffocatingly Lonely Death (2024)
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Original name: 降り積もれ孤独な死よ
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The suspense story begins when Jin Saeki, a policeman in Yamanashi Prefecture, arrives at a prominent estate residence in response to a tip, and finds the skeletal remains of 13 children, as well as a mysterious marking. Jūzō Haikawa, the long-missing owner of the estate, immediately becomes the prime suspect. Saeki collaborates with a woman named Kanon Hasumi, who has a connection to Haikawa, and together they search for the truth behind the case. In a parallel story set in Tokyo seven years after the case, a girl with a connection to the mark left on the Haikawa estate runs away from home.
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, dark, psychological thriller, emotional, sinister, melancholic, noir, neo noir ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, justice, missing child, abandonment, abuse, cold case, trauma, haunting, obsession, orphan, police procedural, psychopath, conspiracy, memory, slow burn, revenge, relationships, protection, incident, missing person, child abuse, runaway, disappearance, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspense and noir films and TV series with plots about investigation, revenge, obsession, slow burn, police procedural, cold case and small town mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Suffocatingly Lonely Death: Bellevue (2017), Bitter Daisies (2018), Awake (2021), Triangle (2009), The Crow Girl (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Style:
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Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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