The Cicada's Eighth Day

Original title: 八日目の蝉

• 2010
• •
• Ended
• •
• 16

• Drama
• Mystery
• Family

★ 7.3 TMDB Rating · 3 votes

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. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Episode length

~45m

First aired

Mar 30, 2010

Networks

NHK G

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan