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Straight to Hell
A writer investigates celebrity fortune teller Kazuko Hosoki and uncovers the poverty, nightlife, violence, underworld connections, and calculated reinvention behind one of Japan's most controversial public figures.
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A writer investigates celebrity fortune teller Kazuko Hosoki and uncovers a turbulent rise through poverty, Ginza nightlife, organized-crime rumors, spiritual business, publishing, and television power.
Series Details
Series Overview
- Premise
- A writer investigates the hidden life of celebrity fortune teller Kazuko Hosoki and the dark rumors behind her extraordinary rise.
- Tone
- Gritty, scandalous, nostalgic biographical drama with ambition, organized crime, media power, and moral ambiguity.
- Historical scope
- The story moves from post-war poverty and Tokyo nightlife to Kazuko's television and publishing dominance.
Search and View Potential
- Core search hook
- The real-life story of controversial Japanese fortune teller Kazuko Hosoki and the question of whether the series is based on a true story.
- Scandal hook
- Spiritual scam allegations, yakuza connections, nightclub power, fortune-telling methods, and media manipulation.
- Episode search
- Nine completed episodes create strong ending, Episode 9, Kazuko truth, and Minori investigation search intent.
Kazuko Hosoki Story
- Public identity
- A nationally famous fortune teller known for Six-Star Divination and blunt warnings such as 'You'll go to hell.'
- Rise
- Kazuko moves from post-war poverty into Tokyo nightlife, business ownership, publishing, and television celebrity.
- Central question
- The series repeatedly tests the difference between Kazuko's self-created legend and the accounts of people from her past.
Production
- Directors
- Tomoyuki Takimoto and Norichika Oba
- Writer
- Monaka Manaka
- Production company
- Django Film
Episodes
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S01E09
Episode 1
Writer Minori meets television fortune teller Kazuko Hosoki and begins investigating the dark rumors... · 62 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 2
Refusing to remain under another person's control, Kazuko starts her own business and earns enough t... · 56 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 3
Kazuko feels trapped inside a traditional marriage, while her expanding Tokyo business attracts dang... · 46 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 4
As Tokyo embraces Olympic fever and Kazuko's clubs thrive, she is drawn to Sudo and makes an impulsi... · 49 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 5
In the present, Minori challenges Kazuko over questionable sales methods. In 1970, Kazuko becomes tr... · 60 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 6
The 1973 oil crisis places pressure on Kazuko's club business, but a meeting with a fortune teller i... · 46 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 7
Kazuko tells a moving story about helping singer Chiyoko Shimakura, but a figure from the past revea... · 56 min · Apr 27, 2026
Episode 8
After a devastating betrayal, Kazuko reinvents herself as a fortune teller and uses her connections... · 58 min · Apr 27, 2026
Last Episode
Minori pursues the truth behind Kazuko's self-created legend as new revelations emerge and Kazuko co... · 65 min · Apr 27, 2026
Cast & Characters
Erika Toda
Kazuko Hosoki
Sairi Ito
Young Kazuko Hosoki
Toko Miura
Minori
Eita Okuno
Kentaro Tamura
Ayumu Nakajima
Gaku Hosokawa
Yuko Nakamura
Miwako Ichikawa
Kazuya Takahashi
Kazuko Hosoki
Character
Young Kazuko Hosoki
Character
Minori
Character
Sudo
Character
Crew
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Director
Norichika Oba
Director
Monaka Manaka
Writer
Makiko Okano
Executive Producer
Tatsuya Banno
Producer
Tomoo Fukatsu
Producer
Koji Harada
Producer
Hibiki Inamoto
Composer
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