Scripted series · Nippon TV
First Cry
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How First Cry actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
First Cry reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
A gifted obstetrician with hearing loss leads a newly formed emergency rescue team dedicated to saving pregnant women and unborn children who have nowhere else to turn.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kazuho OgakiProducer
- Isato YamadaProducer
- Mitsutaka EndoProducer
- Arisa MoriProducer
Direction
- Tarō ŌtaniDirector
- Jin UedaDirector
Music
- Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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