

A Moonlight Nights Passing
2026-04-08 · 44 min / episode · ★ 7.0
A transgender bar owner and a troubled housewife uncover buried regrets and get caught in a murder mystery in Osaka, where literature and intuition guide them toward the truth.
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- Rikako Akiyoshi
- Production companies
- Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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HaruRuna Nomiya
Kumiko AsoRyoko Sawatsuji
Shuntaro YanagiTetsuya Tamura
Ryuto SakumaKazuto
Kiyohiko ShibukawaHiroki Kominato
Naoki TanakaKikuo Sawatsuji
Mako Ishino
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