news culture Netflix: This Japanese series with only 8 episodes is the platform’s new phenomenon
Netflix has been relying more and more on Asian productions in recent years to win the hearts of Europeans. This month, the SVOD service is offering a series of just 8 episodes that is already establishing itself as a potential phenomenon.
The Asian influence of Netflix
With the rise of Korean and Japanese manga and drama in the western world, Netflix realized it was time to update to attract a whole new audience to its platform.. After integrating some great anime-like ones Naruto, Hunter X Hunter etc the attack of the titans
This allowed Netflix subscribers to discover some nuggets like the Korean feature film OK yes (Director: Bong Joon Ho, starring Ahn Seo-hyeon, Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal), the Japanese science fiction series Alice in the Borderland (created by Shinsuke Sato with Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya) and of course the Korean phenomenon Squid Game (created by Hwang Dong-hyeok with Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon) to name a few.
Obviously, Netflix has no intention of stopping anytime soon and continues to regularly offer new movies and new series created and produced by its Korean and Japanese teams. And if lately we could enjoy the very good series the glory, It’s about lighting up the family on fire.
Family on Fire: The Japanese Drama of the Summer?
While this genre isn’t necessarily to everyone’s liking, we have to admit that revenge stories have long since found their audience. This genre has long been occupied by big-budget American productions and is also gaining popularity in Asian productions Netflix wants you to discover the talent of the Japanese in this field with its new original series, Family in Flames.
From a manga called Burn down the housethis new Netflix series invites you to follow the adventures of Anzu Murata, a young girl whose home was burned down during her childhood, allegedly through the fault of her mother. Convinced that the latter was wrongly accused, Anzu gets a job as a governess at her childhood home, where she sets out to find clues to prove her mother’s innocence – even her stepmother’s guilt.
The eight episodes of Family in Flames are already available on Netflix and many viewers have testified that they won’t be able to watch them until the end of the season. Directed by Yûichirô Hirakawa, the Japanese series will allow you to discover the actresses in particular Mei Nagano etc Kyoka Suzuki, respectively for their roles as Anzu and Makiko. Before diving in, if you want a little more insight into what the series has to offer, you can discover the trailer in the original version with subtitles in our automatic player above. We’ll let us know in the comments if you liked it.
