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Crystal's Beating

TV·2016–2016·1 season, 5 episodes·WOWOW Prime·Crime, Mystery·Created by Kazushi Asami

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From a gruesome murder to a series of bomb blasts, it's explosive storytelling from beginning to end! This “Crystal's Beating” (Suishō no Kodō) is the sequel to the immensely popular crime suspense drama series “Cocoon of Stone” (Ishi no Mayu), and the long-awaited second instalment in the “Murder Analysis Team” (Satsujin Bunseki-han) series.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Crystal's Beating S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 7.0
  2. 02Crystal's Beating S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 7.0
  3. 03Crystal's Beating S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 6.0

Castfull cast & details

Fumino KimuraFumino KimuraTōko KisaragiMunetaka AokiMunetaka AokiHideaki TakanoIkkei WatanabeIkkei WatanabeHayase YasuyukiToru NakamuraToru NakamuraKisaragi IsaoTakahiro FujimotoTakahiro Fujimoto石倉毅Masanobu KatsumuraMasanobu KatsumuraYuki FurukawaYuki Furukawa八木沼雅人Toshiyuki KitamiToshiyuki KitamiTokushige Eiji

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode5Episodes2016Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Crystal's Beating S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1November 13, 2016 7.0
  2. S01E02Crystal's Beating S01E02Episode 2November 20, 2016 7.0
  3. S01E03Crystal's Beating S01E03Episode 3November 27, 2016 6.0
  4. S01E04Crystal's Beating S01E04Episode 4December 4, 2016 6.0
  5. S01E05Crystal's Beating S01E05Episode 5December 11, 2016—

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