| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: January 13, 2022 |
Summary:
The Japanese thriller follows reporter Anna Matsuda (Ryoko Yonekura) as she investigates government corruption.
Genre(s):
Drama, Suspense
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E9. Episode 09
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: January 13, 2022
The Telegraph
Jan 14, 2022
The conspiracies never spiral into absurdity and the climactic court scenes and come-uppances still hit home. But it remains a strange amalgam of taut thriller and bizarre panto, addictive and believable when Yonekura is on screen, a little silly when some of the other actors are fabricating documents while saying “but this is… fabrication of documents!!!”
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The Guardian
Jan 14, 2022
This is wish fulfilment, based on the question that nags us most when we read about corruption and cover-ups: how can the people who did this sleep at night? We would love to see them unable to do so – and The Journalist indulges that desire. But it does so effectively, setting up simple stories about the emotional fallout of institutional cruelty to remind us what is at stake.
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Jan 14, 2022
We’re giving a cautious recommendation to The Journalist because we think writer Michihito Fujii has established the bones of a good story. But it needs to avoid getting bogged down in the details of the corruption and just get down to the business of examining everyone’s motivations in the scandal.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E9. Episode 09
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E7. Episode 07
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E6. Episode 06
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E5. Episode 05
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E4. Episode 04
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E3. Episode 03
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E2. Episode 02
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E1. Episode 01
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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Season 1 Overview