Episode 3

About A Fading Summer

A journalist investigates a decades-old kidnapping case that connects to a young woman hired at his newspaper.

Explore A Fading Summer

• Character Relationship Map — Visualize character connections and alliances across the series.
• AI Story Visualization & Plot Analysis — Story structure, emotional arcs, and narrative turning points.
• Full Series Character Map — Cross-season character arc tracking and relationship evolution.

Credits

• Job

  director

  Department

  directing

  Takafumi Hatano

• Job

  writer

  Department

  writing

  Takafumi Kousaka

• Job

  novel

  Department

  writing

  Mihiro Akai
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  Job

  actor

  Department

  actors

  Character

  Hidekazu Kaji

  Atsuro Watabe
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  Job

  actor

  Department

  actors

  Character

  Seiichi Muto

  Saburo Tokito