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Parallel Tokyo

2019-12-02 · 32 min / episode · ★ 7.0

Drama

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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Production companies
NHK
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Fuka KoshibaFuka KoshibaMika Kuraishi
Atsushi ItoAtsushi ItoHaruhiko Yamada
Katsunori TakahashiKatsunori TakahashiShigeyuki Eguchi
Shigeru MuroiShigeru MuroiMegumi Takatori

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