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Is The Cicada's Eighth Day worth watching?
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GoodGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71 (IMDb 7).
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Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife.
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- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.
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5 of 5 · most episodes first
Crew
- Directors
- Akimitsu Sasaki, Takashi Fujio
- Written by
- Taeko Asano
- Music by
- Toshiyuki Watanabe
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Facts
March 30, 2010 · May 4, 2010 · Ended
- First aired
- March 30, 2010
- Last aired
- May 4, 2010
- Status
- Ended
- Length
- 1 season · 6 episodes
- Content
- Disturbing Imagery, Suicide Themes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Family
- Original language
- Japanese
- Made in
- Japan
- Available in
- 10 countries
- Keywords
- based on novel or book
Q&A
5 questions, like "Is The Cicada's Eighth Day worth watching?"
Questions about The Cicada's Eighth Day
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
How long does it take to watch The Cicada's Eighth Day?
5 h
About 5 hours: 6 episodes in 1 season of about 45 minutes each, aired from 2010 to 2010.
Will I feel good after watching The Cicada's Eighth Day?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
Is The Cicada's Eighth Day plot-driven or character-driven?
CharactersPlot
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (10 of 10) and pathos (9 of 10) more than on its plot.
Is The Cicada's Eighth Day in English?
Japanese
No, it was made in Japanese.