Summary
30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Tomohiko, Miwa, and Kyoko are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal - Emiko, teacher Tatsuko joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange...
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 59
IMDb7.2
Time to watch it all
9 h
10 episodes, about 54 min each
An episode a night: done in 10 nights.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
First aired
2016
January 15, 2016
Ended 2016
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
8 of 8 · most episodes first
Directing · 3
- Yuichiro Hirakawa Director
- Ken Yoshida Director
- Takeyoshi Yamamoto Director
Writing · 1
- Yoshiko Morishita Screenplay
Production · 2
- Kazutaka Iida Producer
- Akihiko Watase Producer
Sound · 1
- Yutaka Yamada Original Music Composer
Other crew · 2
- Kazuo Ishiguro Creator
- Hirohide Shida Music Producer
Never Let Me Go episodes
1 season · 10 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Episode #1.1, 7.4
- S1 E2 Episode #1.2, 7.3
- S1 E3 Episode #1.3, 7.7
- S1 E4 Episode #1.4, 8.3
- S1 E5 Episode #1.5, 8.7
- S1 E6 Episode #1.6, 8.4
- S1 E7 Episode #1.7, 8.4
- S1 E8 Episode #1.8, 8.6
- S1 E9 Episode #1.9, 8.6
- S1 E10 Episode #1.10, 8.8
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