Scripted series · Nippon TV
Piece of Safe
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Piece of Safe actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Piece of Safe reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Serialized.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
A civil servant, a bento shop employee, and a stay-at-home father are three strangers from completely different walks of life who suddenly gets thrust together by fate. As an unexpected chain of events unfolds, these unlikely allies must overcome their differences to confront a looming national crisis.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yosuke KiguchiProducer
- Hirokazu UmezawaProducer
- Yuko YokoyamaProducer
- Kuniko YanaiProducer
Writing
- Takeshi MiyamotoWriter
Music
- Taro MakidoOriginal Music Composer
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