Series synopsis
A Fading Summer, also known as 翳りゆく夏 is a Japanese crime mystery television series that premiered on WOWOW Prime on January 18, 2015. It ended on February 14, 2015. It stars Atsuro Watabe, Saburo Tokito, Mugi Kadowaki and Masaki Suda.
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. ...
Premise
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Atsuro Watabe as Hidekazu Kaji
- Saburo Tokito as Seiichi Muto
- Mugi Kadowaki as Hiroko Asakura
- Masaki Suda as Toshiharu Muto
- Ryo Iwamatsu as Shuhei Inoue
- Kenichi Takitoh as Junji Horie
- Wakana Aoi
- Masuyo Iwamoto
Supporting cast
- Masahiro Toda as Soichi Tezuka
- Kyusaku Shimada as Sadatoshi Otsuki
- Atsuko Maeda as Yu Kahara
- Yōko Moriguchi as Asako Tezuka
- Mayu Tsuruta
- Katsumi Kiba
- Yoshiko Nakada
- B-saku Satoh
- Yuka Itaya as Ayuko Sukawa
- Isao Hashizume as Shunichi Sugino
- Toshihito Kokubo as Koizumi Kazuhiko
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 5 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 5 | January 18, 2015 | February 14, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 18, 2015 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 25, 2015 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | February 1, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | WOWOW Prime |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 18, 2015 |
| Last aired | February 14, 2015 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 23:00:00 |