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Your Tales of the Unusual

Your Tales of the Unusual

Bizarre worldviews, lots of foreshadowing, unpredictable plots. Outcomes that exceed the imagination, followed by terror. These are the stories of five people who get lost in weird, scary, even amusing worlds filled with twists and turns.

2021•25m•8.8/10
DramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb
8.8/10(5)

An omnibus drama based on short stories by Ryo Asai, who won the 22nd Novel Subaru Rookie Award for The Kirishima Thing and the 148th Naoki 35 Award for SOMEONE.

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Production

WOWOW FILMS, WOWOW, TELEPACK

Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 5, 2021

Last Aired

April 2, 2021

Networks

WOWOW Prime

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Sheahausa Nai
Air date: 2021-03-05
Hiroko Tagami (Yuina Kuroshima) is a freelance writer. She wants to write about why self-sufficient adults live together at a share house. She decides to go undercover and begins to stay at a share house where 4 salary people live.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2021-03-12
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2021-03-19
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2021-03-26
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2021-04-02

Cast

Yuina Kuroshima

Yuina Kuroshima

Hiroko Tagami

Wakana Aoi

Wakana Aoi

Tomoko Yazawa

Shori Sato

Shori Sato

Kojiro Kanayama

Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka

Kaori Honda

Tatsuya Ueda

Tatsuya Ueda

Jun

Shuji Kashiwabara

Shuji Kashiwabara

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Rena Takeda

Rena Takeda

Mayu Tsuruta

Mayu Tsuruta

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

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