Akira Hamura: The World’s Most Unfortunate Private Investigator

Akira Hamura: The World’s Most Unfortunate Private Investigator

2020•49m•7.0/10

MysteryCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(3)

Akira Hamura likes mystery books. She is 34-years-old, single and works part-time at the Murder Bear Bookshop. She also works as a private investigator. While working on cases, she experiences unlucky and unexpected situations. Because of this, she is known as "The World's Most Unfortunate Private Investigator."

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Production

NHK

Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 24, 2020

Last Aired

March 6, 2020

Networks

NHK

Created By

Hisako Kurosawa, Norio Kida, Nanami Wakatake

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

Episode 1

Air date: 2020-01-24

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 2020-01-31

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 2020-02-07

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 2020-02-14

E5

Episode 5

Air date: 2020-02-21

E6

Episode 6

Air date: 2020-02-28

E7

Episode 7

Air date: 2020-03-06

Cast

Kavka Shishido

Kavka Shishido

Akira Hamura

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Mamiya

Shotaro Okada

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Osamatsu Hayami

Suzuka Ohgo

Suzuka Ohgo

Akemi

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