Limited series · Nippon TV
Sounds of Winter
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Hana Sugisaki
Ayana Tsuchida
10 eps
Ryo Narita
Yukio Saeki
10 eps
Amane Okayama
Kotaro Hayase
10 eps
Rintaro Mizusawa
Wachi
10 eps
Sara Shida
Maki
10 eps
Yuki Kura
Shu Shibasaki
10 eps
Shuntaro Yanagi
Niko Kobayashi
10 eps
Kanata Hosoda
Takeshi Tsukuda
10 eps
Taro Uchibori
Sen Yamada
10 eps
Yuta Hayashi
Takuya Tsuchida
10 eps
Aoba Kawai
Minami Tada
10 eps
Tateto Serizawa
Joe
10 eps
Shiori Kubo
Sae
10 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sounds of Winter actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sounds of Winter reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After past breakups and unfulfilled romances leave novelist Ayana reluctant to truly fall in love, she tries to face her current relationship sincerely.
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
- Tadahisa DosakaExecutive Producer
- Michiaki TsunodaProducer
- Hiroko OkuraProducer
- Yu YamauchiProducer
- Mami FujimoriProducer
Writing
- Rikiya ImaizumiWriter
Direction
- Nobuhiro YamashitaDirector
- Takuji YamadaDirector
- Rikiya ImaizumiDirector
Cinematography
- Hiroshi IwanagaDirector of Photography
Music
- Gary AshiyaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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