Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction

Mar 26, 2021

1h 53m

★ 7.5

Overview

Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

KADOKAWA

Shochiku

Shochiku Studio

Aeon Entertainment

dentsu

AMUSE

The Asahi Shimbun

CREATIVE OFFICE CUE

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Shochiku Broadcasting

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Trailers

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Cast

Teruya Hayami

Yo Oizumi

Megumi Takano

Mayu Matsuoka

Tomatsu

Koichi Sato

Sei Yazawa

Hio Miyazawa

Saki Joshima

Elaiza Ikeda

Hajime Gunji

Takumi Saitoh

Koretaka Iba

Tomoya Nakamura

Shinichi Shibasaki

Yoshiyuki Tsubokura

Yoichi Mimura

Soko Wada

Kei Ishibashi

Yusaku Mori

Takenori Goto

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