Seicho Matsumoto

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙

Release Date1975-10-25

Charactersd 病院の雑役夫

Episode Count1

The Accident

Release Date1975-11-08

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Charactersd The man at the amusement park (uncredited)

Black Leather Notebook

Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza.

Release Date2017-07-20

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count8

Vote Count8

The Black Leather Notebook

Ginza is a night town filled with ambition and burning desire… How does a plain bank clerk embezzle an enormous amount of money and jump into the underground world? What is her ultimate goal? Her greatest weapon is a black leather-bound notebook.

Release Date2004-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count7

Vote Count2

Vessel of Sand

Eiryo Waga is well-known musician who has begun a rapid climb to stardom, but he must keep his terrible past a secret. One day someone who knows all about his past confronts him, and Waga kills him in order to protect the fame he has obtained. Unfortunately, as Waga is leaving the scene, he runs into Asami, a budding stage actress. An investigation team is established led by two detectives, but they have difficulty making any headway. Meanwhile, by coincidence Waga bumps into Asami again. She also has her own dark past, and soon they fall in love. But Waga is already engaged to Ayaka whose father is responsible for his rapid ascent to the top of the music world. It looks like Waga’s ambitions are about to confront reality. Based on Seicho Matsumoto’s famous work that was released in 1960-61, this drama illustrates the life of a man burdened with a heavy fate in a contemporary setting.

Release Date2004-01-18

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count11

Vote Count2

Evil People

Toyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage and wanted an occupation she could do for the rest of her life. Although she doesn't have a lot of aspirations, she does have a vague idea of wanting to work as a nurse overseas, and so she studies English. Outside of that, her life is less than ordinary and she carries out her job as a nurse without any indifference. That is, until one fateful night when she calls on Dr. Toya Shinichi (Takaya Kamikawa), director of the hospital, for help with a patient suffering from a heart attack. It is this chance encounter that brings the two together and sets the wheels in motion.

Release Date2007-01-19

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Death on the Mountain

Three bankers, out on holiday, climb the Japanese Alps. One dies under mysterious circumstances, and later it is suggested that perhaps the man was murdered.

Release Date1961-06-17

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count3

The Invisible Wall

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Release Date1958-10-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Castle of Sand

On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective that has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda." Detective Yoshimura also has a dark side himself from his miserable experience in the war. Now, Detective Yoshimura places himself in the criminal's dark mind to track down the killer. Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto it was also made as a feature film The Castle of Sand (1974).

Release Date2011-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Dots and Lines

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Release Date2007-11-24

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count2

The Animal Trail

Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for people who are totally lost in the wilderness. One day, a woman who is exhausted with her hopeless life unexpectedly meets a gentleman by chance. Out of genuine hope to escape from her misery, she allows her destiny to blindly follow the mysterious instruction given by this stranger. Would this "Animal Trail" ultimately lead her to happiness, or would it lead her to disaster? The life of Tamiko (Yonekura) was miserable, as she had to give up her dream to become a jewelry designer and work for a Japanese style hotel "Hosenkaku" simply to support her physically handicapped husband. One day, Tamiko was approached by a mysterious gentleman Kotaki (Sato) who offers her a unique proposal, "would you be interested in riding a vehicle without a destination?" His words shook Tamiko's desperate soul wanting for a drastic change in her life. In order to free herself from the depressing reality, she cleverly kills her husband by setting her house on fire. Then, through Kotaki's introduction, she becomes acquainted with Kito, a political fixer, and decides to become Kito's mistress. Although she notices that her decision may not be right, she decides to follow her instincts and go for the "animal trail"….

Release Date2006-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count9

Vote Count1

Matsumoto Seicho's Black Leather Notebook

Upon finding out about the existence of a huge slush fund, veteran teller Haraguchi Motoko carefully plans for six months and finally succeeds in embezzling 75 million yen, which she uses to open a club in Ginza.

Release Date1982-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

The Wall of the Eye

In 1990, Hagizaki Tatsuo, the accounting department chief of Ukishima Electric Works, was busy negotiating on getting a loan together with Sekino, the company's general manager. However, just as they were about to get the funds, Sekino was involved in a 200 million yen fraud and he later disappeared with the loan. The company decides to cover up the incident to protect its image, but Hagizaki wants to get to the bottom of the matter with the help of his newspaper reporter friend, Muraki. Hagizaki later notices that the case becomes darker and darker as he continues to investigate. He then meets a beautiful woman, Uezaki Etsuko, whom he believes hold the key to the entire incident.

Release Date2022-06-19

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count5

Vote Count2

Pro Bono

The prominent lawyer Kinya Ohtsuka looks over the case of the falsely indicted man who was sentenced to life imprisonment and then committed suicide while incarcerated. One year ago, the prominent lawyer rebuffed the efforts of Kiriko Yanagida to represent her brother. Kiriko Yanagida now works as a hostess in Tokyo while planning revenge on those responsible for her brother's imprisonment.

Release Date2010-03-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Street of Desire

A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.

Release Date1984-04-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

The Castle of Sand

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Release Date1974-10-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count55

Kaseifu wa mita!

The legendary suspense series that got one of the highest audience ratings. The main character, Akiko Ishizaki, is a housekeeper dispatched to an upstream family. Her pleasure was to peek into the hidden secrets and misfortunes of an ideal home that seemed to be happy at first glance...

Release Date1983-07-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count26

Amagi Pass

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.

Release Date1983-02-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count18

Suna no Utsuwa

Two police investigate the death of a corpse found in a train yard.

Release Date1977-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count6

The Demon

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears.

Release Date1978-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count39

Kaseifu wa mita!

Release Date1997-10-09

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

300 Million Yen Robbery

Release Date2014-01-18

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

The Wicked

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.

Release Date1980-06-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count6

Kyukei no Koya

Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, Kenichiro Nogami is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding. Meanwhile, a murder takes place and detectives Jiro Suzuki & Shoichi Soeda investigate. Clues lead to Kenichiro Nogami ...

Release Date2010-11-26

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count2

Suspicion

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...

Release Date1982-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count9

Amagi Pass

A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.

Release Date1998-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

松本清張スペシャル・地方紙を買う女

Release Date2007-01-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count1

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Release Date1958-01-15

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Vote Count19

Points and Lines

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Release Date1958-11-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count4

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

Release Date2017-12-24

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Beast Alley

Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns down their home to start anew. She is soon entangled in the dark web of an influential, elderly power broker, becoming his mistress and a pawn in his political schemes. As she descends further into a downward spiral of moral decay, Tamiko realizes that the freedom she sought is merely a new form of entrapment.

Release Date1965-09-05

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

The Housekeeper

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with his wife Haruko, their three sons, and Tatsuya's mother, Shigeko. Although the Inamuras appear to be a happy family, Nobuko soon uncovers the truth.

Release Date2012-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

Sweet Revenge

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.

Release Date1977-12-17

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count6

The Shadow Within

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

Release Date1970-06-13

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count11

Shadow of Deception

It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she continues to meet Sozo, who has married the daughter of his respected teacher.

Release Date1971-02-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count4

Zero Focus

Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.

Release Date2009-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count10

松本清張サスペンス (テレビ東京)

Release Date2011-11-02

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

The Face

A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming model.

Release Date1957-01-22

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Kyukei no Koya

Based on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.

Release Date1978-03-11

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count1

Glass Castle

Centers around a disturbing murder case that occurs during a company trip. In the wake of the incident in which the company’s general manager is killed by someone, unexpected internal problems are revealed that had previously been thoroughly concealed to this point. Matoba Ikuko is a plain, gloomy and unfriendly general worker, but her work is fast and accurate. She becomes interested in the case and decides to lead her own investigation. Mikami Tazuko is a hardworking sales manager who witnesses her manager’s affair while on the trip and begins to develop her own theories through her private social media diary.

Release Date2024-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count3

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...

Release Date2016-03-12

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count4

A Trap

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Release Date1965-05-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count14

Pro Bono

A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Otsuka’s busy schedule and other priorities, he refuses to take the case. Lacking a proper defense, Kiriko’s brother is eventually convicted of murder, and dies in prison. From that point on, Kiriko is determined to take revenge against Otuska.

Release Date2014-12-07

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

Kikenna onna

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

Release Date1959-12-16

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

Ekiro

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.

Release Date2009-04-11

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count3

The Forest of No Escape

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

Release Date1965-01-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

Release Date2014-01-19

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count4

Hi to Shio

Release Date2009-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

The Hidden Profile

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Release Date1963-02-17

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

Voice Without a Shadow

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.

Release Date1958-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count9

Deep Sea of Tree

Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was going to an entirely different place. She begins her investigations on her sister’s mysterious death with the help of Nobuko’s colleague and journalist Ryoichi. And when another colleague, Tomoe commits suicide, Sachiko has a gut feeling that a well-known figure is involved in the death of her sister...

Release Date2016-03-13

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count3

Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

Ichiro Numata (Hiroaki Murakami) is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls unconscious and is hospitalized, but various cases takes place at the hospital. Hospital Director Kenichiro Asashima and Chief Nurse Junko Amemiya goes missing. There are rumors that they were in a close relationship. Head of Drug Management, Yasuharu Horimura is found dead. Rumors were that he stalked Junko Amemiya. The investigation into his dead is carried out as a suicide case, but Detective Eiji Kirishima (Takanori Jinnai) suspects foul play. Ichiro Numata follows with his sharp eyes what transpires at the hospital and he also holds a secret.

Release Date2015-03-25

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

Zero Focus

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

Release Date1961-03-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count20

Stop the Old Fox

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of the shogun Ienari Tokugawa comes to the fore in the plot. Based on the novel of the same name by Matsumoto Seicho.

Release Date1959-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

Giwaku

Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use whatever means necessary to pursue the truth. Despite her competence, she is mocked as a rotten lawyer for defending companies that exploit their employees and winning many of these lawsuits. One day, Takako gets an unexpected request from a veteran lawyer, Harayama Masao. He would like her to take over the defence of a woman because he is in poor health and needs to be hospitalised. This woman is Shirakawa Kumako, who has been in the public eye. Called “Onikuma” by the public, which is a play on her maiden name, Onizuka, she faces charges of killing her husband Fukutaro, the owner of an established Atami restaurant, for insurance money.

Release Date2019-02-03

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count4

The Lost Alibi

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his lover, he runs into a neighbor who is later accused of murder. Questioned by police about the neighbor, and blackmailed by his lover's neighbor, the salaryman's lies lead him on a path to destruction.

Release Date1960-03-13

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count8

Kichiku

Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel was previously adapted in 1978 film entitled “The Demon” starring Ken Ogata and directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife. Consumed by the jealousy and power struggles of their own relationships, they involve the children in their own games - with tragic results.

Release Date2002-10-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Error

Release Date2017-05-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Yellow Climate

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Release Date1961-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Partner in Crime

For the past 15 years, Fuyukawa Misaki has lived a quiet, reclusive life while keeping her secret well-hidden. With just two months left before the statute of limitations on the murder of her colleague expires, a mysterious man appears in Misaki’s life, who says, “I know your secret.” Is he a friend or foe? The nameless man who claims to know about Misaki’s past does not reveal any personal information about himself, but only says he wants to live with her in exchange for keeping her secret. Hence, a bizarre living arrangement begins. Who is this man and what is his purpose? Meanwhile, conventional detective Kiba is convinced that Misaki is the elusive criminal behind the 15-year old murder case and is determined to uncover evidence to prove his theory. As this peculiar love-suspense drama unfolds, you will need to piece together information to solve the mysterious puzzle of murder while the clock counts down to the expiration deadline.

Release Date2015-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

The Dangerous Slope

At a companywide meeting, Bunsaku Akiba sees Toshie, an old girlfriend who is now the secretary and lover of Nishijima, the chairman who has control over the entire group. Although Akiba is married, the love affair between him and Toshie flares up again. Akiba uses Toshie to approach the chairman, but as Toshie gets more possessive of him, Akiba starts to have murderous thoughts.

Release Date2012-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers

Fukue Yumiko is a struggling actress who isn't afraid to lie, cheat, or exploit her own sexuality if it means her own success. But as she becomes a big star, one TV reporter decides that it's time someone uncovered her dark past and reveal just how far she was prepared to go for her own fame.

Release Date2006-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count5

Without Complaint

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Release Date1975-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Accomplice

Based on the short story of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Release Date1958-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Face

Based on a short story by Seichi Matsumoto from 1956 and remake from the 1957 movie of the same name, the story is about an actor who has the opportunity to become a success but 9 years earlier, he had killed a woman with whom he was involved and there was an eyewitness to the murder.

Release Date2009-12-29

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

The Politicians

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love letters changes the situation.

Release Date1983-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

ゼロの焦点

Release Date1991-07-09

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

One in a hundred thousand

Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as "one coincidence in a hundred thousand", and the survivor's testimony that "I saw a red fireball" immediately before the accident, the circumstances of the accident are questionable. The film is based on a late masterpiece by Seicho Matsumoto.

Release Date2012-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

Jikan no Shûzoku

Release Date2014-04-10

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Delivery of Death

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The investigation seven years ago was able to track down 700 million yen but unable to locate the remaining 300 million yen. Now, the chief editor is sure Shohei will go to wherever the remaining 300 million yen is hidden.

Release Date2014-05-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

花実のない森

Release Date2017-03-29

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Matsumoto Seichō no Ekiro

Tomoko's father goes on a trip and disappears. Police starts to search him and discovers his dead body. Tomoko gets involved with a sinister crime.

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Matsumoto Seicho Special: Blue Dab

The sudden death of a journalist stirs up young editor Noriko's curiosity. While investigating the case, Noriko uncovers the dark secrets hidden behind the journalist's death and its relationship to a popular female novelist.

Release Date2006-09-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Towering Waves

A young prosecutor named Takao falls in love with Yoriko, only to discover that her husband is the target of his investigation into a major corruption scandal. Torn between professional duty and their forbidden affair, the couple finds themselves trapped by societal expectations and legal consequences.

Release Date1960-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

The Central Quicksand

A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on suspicion of bribery, and then the brunt was directed to the Information Industry Bureau. The interviewee was Akihiko Kurahashi (Shinobu Tsuruta), the leader of the non-carrier group. Previously, Kiichiro Yamada (Ken Ogata), a clerk who lived next door in the government building, couldn't help but sympathize with Kurahashi, who had succeeded in his career.

Release Date1998-08-04

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Castle of Sand

A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance of the victim is one clue that detective Imanishi has to work on. Yet, the case becomes more tangled quickly. Elsewhere, a prodigy named Waga Eiryo is composing an orchestral piece. Remake of The Castle of Sand (1974).

Release Date2019-03-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count3

松本清張のかげろう絵図

Release Date1983-07-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Shichou Shisu

The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It's assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin with. When he cleans up his house, he finds his uncle's diary and tries to find out what exactly happened.

Release Date2012-04-03

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Face

Seira Ino (Emi Takei) is about to make her major label debut as a “masked artist” who does not show her face.

Release Date2024-01-03

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Vote Count1

The Housekeeper Saw!

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. That pearl is owned by the Iwakura family, who run a large pearl company. While looking at the pearl however, Nobuko is pulled away by a handsome man who seems to have some connection to the family. So when Nobuko finds one of her pearl earrings missing and probably taken by that man, she decides to work as a housekeeper for the Iwakura family until the man shows up again and she can get her earring back. But the Iwakura family that Nobuko is now working for has plenty of secrets beyond just pearls that she'll have to sort out if she wants her earring back...

Release Date2015-12-05

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

The Rite of Loss

Release Date2016-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Escape from Hell

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based on a short story by Seichō Matsumoto.

Release Date1963-01-27

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Vote Count6

Structure of Hate

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

Release Date1961-11-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Giwaku

Release Date2009-01-24

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

Amagi Goe

Amagi Goe, based on Seicho Matsumoto's novel, has created numerous stars through its visualizations. Erika Ikuta will take on the difficult role of the main character in this adaptation.

Release Date2025-03-23

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JobNovel

Vote Count1

A House on a Hill

Rieko Sugita, a young and beautiful hairdresser who happens to visit a bedding shop owned by Yoshitaro (Emoto) and the latter becomes so besotted with her that they begin an affair without his wife's knowledge. On the other hand, Rieko hates her late mother (Fueki Yuko) for sleeping around with other men but is actually following in her footsteps by sleeping with men for money. One day, she reunites with her first love Naoki (Ozawa) who has become an assistant professor and shares a dark secret with her. Soon, the romance between them is rekindled. However, Yoshitaro who has lost his fortune and is about to lose Rieko, becomes consumed by jealousy which brings Rieko, Naoki and him to the point of no return. -- Dorama World

Release Date2014-12-06

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Shadow Area

Release Date2015-07-06

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Tsuyoki ari

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.

Release Date2014-07-02

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Vote Count1

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

Release Date1972-09-09

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Vote Count3

Dansen

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Release Date1983-12-03

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count2

Black Art Collection -Testimony-

Ishino Teiichiro (Tanihara Shosuke) married his wife Sachiko (Nishida Naomi) and took over her family’s clinic in Kanazawa. Although he is a respected doctor and seems to have a happy family life with Sachiko and their two children

Release Date2020-05-09

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Stop the Old Fox

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves

Release Date2016-04-08

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The Thinking Leaf

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Release Date1962-05-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

中央流沙

Release Date2009-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Wave Tower

Release Date2006-12-27

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The Tale of Saikaido

Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding hidden gold mines.

Release Date1983-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

Release Date1983-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Kazu no Fūkei

Suspense TV movie based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto, starring Ikko Furuya.

Release Date1991-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Bonds of Love

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Release Date1969-02-15

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Vote Count1

The Black Leather Notebook Special: White Darkness

Ginza is a night town filled with ambition and burning desire. How does a plain bank clerk embezzle an enormous amount of money and jump into the underground world? What is her ultimate goal? Her greatest weapon is a black leather-bound notebook.

Release Date2005-07-02

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JobNovel

Black Current

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

Release Date2009-03-04

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JobOriginal Story

Vote Count1

球形の荒野

Release Date2014-03-09

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Cold Current

Set against the backdrop of a bitter power struggle between the faction of the chairman of the board and the faction of the vice-chairman of the board of a large bank, this business mystery explores the lust, suffering and vindictiveness of one of the branch managers caught in the middle of the struggle. The term “cold current” refers to a current in which those who, once in it, find themselves will never emerge.

Release Date1983-02-05

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Black Corridor

A luxury European tour turns deadly when two wealthy participants die under mysterious circumstances. With the celebrity guide absent, her assistant Etsuko steps in and, along with tour conductor Ryohei, must manage the difficult group while unraveling the truth behind the murders as secrets among the travelers come to light.

Release Date2004-03-23

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The Passed Scene

At the end of October, Sueko Yamane, a widow living alone, is strangled to death in her home in the Togura district on the outskirts of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture. Money had been stolen, and it appeared to be a robbery and murder. Kaharu Ginsaku (Tomokazu Miura), head of the First Investigative Division at the Ehime Prefectural Police Headquarters, who was in charge of the investigation, did not anticipate that this case would turn out to be an unexpectedly difficult case. At the end of that year, in a forest overlooking the Genkai Sea in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Kazuo Shimosaka (Shiro Sano) puts his hands around the neck of his girlfriend, Nobuko Mano (Saki Takaoka), and strangles her to death.

Release Date2005-04-17

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Shodo Kyouju

Kamikawa Katsuji, a bank employee, is married to Yasuko, the daughter of a rich family and lives an ordinary married life. But he keeps a lover, Kamiya Ayako, a nightclub hostess, behind his wife’s back and is mired in a web of lust. His life takes mysterious turns after becoming Katsumura Hisako’s disciple. The beautiful and elegant Hisako, a calligraphy instructor, possesses the special ability to tell the fortune of people by looking at their calligraphic styles.

Release Date2010-03-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

Based on the original mystery novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Novelist Ryuji Sugimoto is publishing his serial in a local newspaper when a woman from Tokyo subscribes, saying she’s interested in his work—only to abruptly cancel weeks later. Suspicious, he realizes her true interest may not be the fiction at all, but a real double suicide reported in the same paper.

Release Date1973-02-12

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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph

Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the tattoo of the man that loved her and died for her...

Release Date1966-03-12

Vote Count7

Pressure of Guilt

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

Release Date1963-02-17

Vote Count2