Miniseries · Netflix
THE DAYS
What happened there on that day?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Koji Yakusho
Masao Yoshida
8 eps
Yutaka Takenouchi
Maekawa
8 eps
Fumiyo Kohinata
Azuma
8 eps
Kaoru Kobayashi
Furuya
8 eps
Takuma Otoo
Kinoshita
8 eps
Ken Mitsuishi
Murakami
8 eps
Kenichi Endo
8 eps
Yuriko Ishida
8 eps
Yuki Izumisawa
8 eps
Tomomi Maruyama
8 eps
Ouji Suzuka
8 eps
Yasushi Fuchikami
8 eps
Shigemitsu Ogi
8 eps
Kazuya Takahashi
8 eps
Naomasa Musaka
8 eps
Yoshi Sakō
8 eps
Denden
8 eps
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
8 eps
Toshiya Nakamatsu
8 eps
Tasuku Nagaoka
8 eps
Hideki Nakano
8 eps
Takashi Yamanaka
8 eps
Chihiro Okamoto
8 eps
Jingi Irie
Toda Shingo
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How THE DAYS actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
THE DAYS reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Is Submerged
March 11, 2011; 225 kilometers from Tokyo, a 15 meter high tsunami hits the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, damaging one of the cooling systems.
- Written by Jun Masumoto
S01E02
No Need to Evacuate
While still unable to get an assessment of the situation from Fukushima Daiichi, the government tells the public to stay calm and remain in their homes.
S01E03
Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal
Pressure in the containment vessel starts to rapidly rise. With a catastrophic explosion imminent, TOEPCO suggests releasing the gas into the atmosphere.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Is Submerged
- Written by Jun Masumoto
S01E02
No Need to Evacuate
S01E03
Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal
S01E04
It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima
S01E05
Our Company Has Lost Its Mind
S01E06
I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive
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
- Tomoki MasukoProducer
- Shinichi TakahashiExecutive Producer
- Jun MasumotoProducer
- Daisuke SekiguchiProducer
- Ryohei TakadaProducer
- Hiroyuki IkedaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jun MasumotoWriter
Direction
- Hideo NakataDirector
- Masaki NishiuraDirector
Cinematography
- Gen KobayashiDirector of Photography
Music
- Brian D'OliveiraOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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