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Parallel Tokyo

Parallel Tokyo

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Parallel Tokyo

2019- 2019

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

7.0(4 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

An earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area is said to occur with a 70% probability within 30 years. Staged in a news center of a TV station where a huge amount of damage information and images are gathered.

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NHK

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

4 featured cast members

Starring

Fuka Koshiba

Fuka Koshiba

Mika Kuraishi

Atsushi Ito

Atsushi Ito

Haruhiko Yamada

Katsunori Takahashi

Katsunori Takahashi

Shigeyuki Eguchi

Shigeru Muroi

Shigeru Muroi

Megumi Takatori

Creative team

Written by: Katsuo Naruse
Produced by: Tomotsugu Senno

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