Limited series · Kansai TV
The Light We Cast
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Haru Kuroki
Hoshino Matsuri
11 eps
Kayo Noro
Tsukioka Akari
11 eps
Keisuke Watanabe
Shirakaba Toru
11 eps
Yuki Kura
Toudou Subaru
11 eps
Koyuki
Hoshino Momoka
11 eps
Manami Honjo
Hoshino Ruri
11 eps
Kenji Iwaya
Igarashi Hayato
11 eps
Makiya Yamaguchi
Shizukuishi Makoto
11 eps
Hana Kino
Kamoi Toshiko
11 eps
Ryo Iwamatsu
Kashida Atsushi
11 eps
Bando Yajuro
Hoshino Takaomi
11 eps
Kouhei Matsushita
Hiyama Ryusei
11 eps
Keisuke Horibe
Kuzumaki Hitoshi
11 eps
Takafumi Imai
Kanbayashi Shuya
11 eps
Yukimi Koyanagi
Mari
11 eps
Toko Miura
Amemiya Kaede
11 eps
Ayumu Mochizuki
Kusunoki Akira
11 eps
Kavka Shishido
Kumoi Hotaru
11 eps
Yuki Kaji
Kazama Aoi
11 eps
Nichika Akutsu
Nohara Hokuto
11 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Light We Cast actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Light We Cast reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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
When a political scandal exposes her father’s dark secret, aspiring politician Hoshino Matsuri is cast out, forcing her to rebuild her life while navigating a high-stakes emergency election.
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
- Ayumi SanoProducer
- Sakura UekiProducer
- Mio MoritaProducer
Writing
- Naomi HirutaWriter
Music
- Yuta BandohOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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