http://asianwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=The_Hovering_Blade_%28Japanese_Drama%29 The Hovering Blade (Japanese Drama) - Revision history 2026-06-06T16:58:33Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.21.1 http://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=The_Hovering_Blade_(Japanese_Drama)&diff=1279350&oldid=prev Eunwook: /* Profile */ 2021-12-14T08:24:28Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Profile</span></span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DramaBanner}}{{ImageLandscape|File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-P1.jpg}}<br /> <br /> ==User Rating==<br /> {{#w4grb_rate:}}<br /> <br /> ==Profile==<br /> * '''Drama:''' Hovering Blade<br /> * '''Romaji:''' Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba<br /> * '''Japanese:''' 東野圭吾 さまよう刃<br /> * '''Director:''' [[Shinzo Katayama]]<br /> * '''Writer:''' [[Keigo Higashino]] (novel), [[Noriko Yoshida]]<br /> * '''Network:''' [[WOWOW]]<br /> * '''Episodes:''' 6<br /> * '''Release Date:''' May 15 - June 26, 2021 <br /> * '''Runtime:''' Saturday 22:00-23:00<br /> * '''Language:''' Japanese<br /> * '''Country:''' Japan<br /> <br /> ==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==<br /> Since Shigeki’s ([[Yutaka Takenouchi]]) wife passed away, he has raised his daughter Ema alone. Ema is now a high school student. Like most father and daughter relationships, they have sometimes have arguments, but they still rely on each other. One night, Ema does not return from her part-time job. She is found dead. Shigeki falls into deep despair. A couple days later, Shigeki receives a phone call. The caller gives him the name and address of the man who killed his daughter. After hesitating, Shigeki goes to the apartment that the caller told him about. There, Shigeki discovers a video showing his daughter's brutal murder. He then faces Atsuya, who just came home to his apartment. Shigeki kills Atsuya. The media goes into a frenzy covering the story. Public opinion is divided between Shigeki's actions. Shigeki chases after the main culprit Kaiji.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> # &quot;The Hovering Blade &quot; takes over [[WOWOW]]'s Saturday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by &quot;[[Influence (Japanese Drama)|Influence]]&quot; &amp; followed by &quot;[[Black Swan Lake]]&quot; July, 2021. <br /> # Based on novel &quot;Samayou Yaiba&quot; by [[Keigo Higashino]] (published December, 2004 by The Asahi Shimbun Company).  <br /> # Related titles:<br /> ## [[The Hovering Blade]] | Samayou Yaiba (2009)<br /> ## [[Broken (Korean Movie)|Broken]] | Banghwanghaneun Kalnal (2014)<br /> ## [[The Hovering Blade (Japanese Drama)|The Hovering Blade]] | Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba (WOWOW / 2021)<br /> <br /> ==Cast==<br /> {{CastPictures20<br /> |1picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Yutaka Takenouchi.jpg<br /> |1name=Yutaka Takenouchi<br /> |1charactername=Shigeki Nagamine<br /> |2picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Yuriko Ishida.jpg<br /> |2name=Yuriko Ishida<br /> |2charactername=Wakako Kijima <br /> |3picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Jun Kunimura.jpg<br /> |3name=Jun Kunimura<br /> |3charactername=Kozo Hisatsuka <br /> |4picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Takahiro Miura.jpg<br /> |4name=Takahiro Miura<br /> |4charactername=Takashi Oribe <br /> |5picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Kanji Furutachi.jpg<br /> |5name=Kanji Furutachi<br /> |5charactername=Mano <br /> |6picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Kumi Takiuchi.jpg<br /> |6name=Kumi Takiuchi<br /> |6charactername=Yukari Odagiri<br /> |7picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Mizuki Inoue.jpg<br /> |7name=Mizuki Inoue<br /> |7charactername=Makoto Nakai <br /> |8picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Hirotaro Honda.jpg<br /> |8name=Hirotaro Honda<br /> |8charactername=Takaaki Kijima<br /> |9picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Riku Ichikawa.jpg<br /> |9name=Riku Ichikawa<br /> |9charactername=Kaiji Sugano <br /> |10picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Shin Namura.jpg<br /> |10name=Shin Namura<br /> |10charactername=Atsuya Tomozaki <br /> |11picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Yuumi Kawai.jpg<br /> |11name=Yuumi Kawai<br /> |11charactername=Ema Nagamine <br /> |12picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Yuria Kizaki.jpg<br /> |12name=Yuria Kizaki<br /> |12charactername=Yuka Murakoshi <br /> |13picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Megumi.jpg<br /> |13name=Megumi<br /> |13charactername=Michi Sugano <br /> |14picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Katsuya.jpg<br /> |14name=Katsuya<br /> |14charactername=Kei Kawasaki <br /> |15picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Misa Wada.jpg<br /> |15name=Misa Wada<br /> |15charactername=Eriko Nagamine <br /> |16picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Miyako Takeuchi.jpg<br /> |16name=Miyako Takeuchi<br /> |16charactername=Yumi Ikeda<br /> |17picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Yuya Matsuura.jpg<br /> |17name=Yuya Matsuura<br /> |17charactername=Takeo Ayumura <br /> |18picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Reika Kirishima.jpg<br /> |18name=Reika Kirishima<br /> |18charactername=Masami Nakai <br /> |19picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Eri Tokunaga.jpg<br /> |19name=Eri Tokunaga<br /> |19charactername=Risako Oribe <br /> |20picture=File:The Hovering Blade-Japanese Drama-Keisuke Horibe.jpg<br /> |20name=Keisuke Horibe<br /> |20charactername=Taizo Nakai <br /> }}<br /> '''Additional Cast Members:'''<br /> * [[Tomonori Mizuno]] - Ikuo Tomozaki<br /> <br /> ==Comments==<br /> &lt;wp:comments&gt;<br /> wp_post_title=The Hovering Blade (Japanese Drama)<br /> wp_url=http://asianwiki.com/commentsdirectory/<br /> &lt;/wp:comments&gt;<br /> <br /> {{UpdateBox}}<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> * [https://www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/samayou/ Official Website]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Japanese Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:2021 Japanese Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:2021 Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:Unclassified Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:2021 Unclassified Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:J Unclassified Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:WOWOW Drama Series]]<br /> [[Category:2021 WOWOW Drama Series]]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovering Blade, The}}</div> Eunwook