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The Terror

TV·2018·AMC+·Drama, Horror, Thriller·57m·7.4·Created by David Kajganich, Max Borenstein, Alexander Woo

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The Terror is an American anthology television series exploring historical speculative fiction based on true events.

The series is named after Dan Simmons's 2007 novel, which serves as the basis for the first season and is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to the Arctic in 1845–1848.

The second season, subtitled Infamy, bears no relation to the book or first season and is mostly set in an American-run Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Cast

Derek MioDerek MioChester NakayamaCristina RodloCristina RodloLuz OjedaKiki SukezaneKiki SukezaneYuko TanabeShingo UsamiShingo UsamiHenry NakayamaNaoko MoriNaoko MoriAsako NakayamaMiki IshikawaMiki IshikawaAmy YoshidaGeorge TakeiGeorge TakeiNobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san

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