Series

Prayer Beads

2004 · 1 season · Mystery

IMDb

6.3

Prayer Beads, also called "omoinotama" or "nunju" in Japanese, are the small wooden beads strung on a loop used in Buddhist worship. The number of beads is typically 108, corresponding to the 108 earthly desires or sins that the beads have the power to extinguish. "Prayer Beads" is a series of 9 episodes of 30-minute dramas strung together, with the characters in each episode designing one thread of fate. The short independent episodes are skillfully linked together to become one story. The protagonists' dreams and fears and feelings about this life are all taken up and spun around to reach a dramatic conclusion in the final story.

• Koji YoshidaProducer
• Yasushi MizoguchiProducer

First aired

May 8, 2004

Last aired

May 8, 2004

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

9

Genres

Mystery

• Season 19 episodes · 2004