Series

Salt of the Earth

2014 · 1 season · Drama · Crime

Kensaku Kamimura is an archeologist. He makes a discovery that overturns history. Kensaku's discovery proves humans existed in Japan at a time where it was previously thought they did not. The small village of Shiona, where Kensaku made his discovery, also feels an influx of new people coming to the area. Kensaku's discovery is to be written into textbooks with the help of editor Rina Sakuma. Rina becomes attracted to Kensaku as they spend time together. Meanwhile, the bone of a female student is discovered at an excavation site where Kensaku works. The female student went missing 13 years ago. Detective Taichi Yukinaga, who worked on the case back then, resumes his investigation. A scholar visits Rina and tells her that Kensaku's discovery has been manipulated.

Yo Oizumi

Kensaku Kamimura

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Rina Sakuma

Seiichi Tanabe

Taiichi Yukinaga

Kei Tanaka

Yoshiaki Baba

Yoshihiko Hakamada

Itsuji Itao

Michio Kashiwada

Takanori Jinnai

Zenzou Sawawatari

Hiromi Iwasaki

Saeko Beimatsu

Masane Tsukayama

Eijiro Hiyama

• Kosuke SuzukiDirector
• Hajime GonnoDirector
• Yumiko InoueWriter

First aired

February 16, 2014

Last aired

March 9, 2014

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

4

Genres

Drama, Crime

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  Season 14 episodes · 2014