Prayer Beads(2004)
Mystery
First Air Date: 2004-05-08
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 9E01
Prayer Beads
Air Date: 2004-05-08
Miki has been depressed due to the disappearance of her husband Akira. Her friend Hiroko attempts to comfort Miki, bu...
E02
Vending Machine Woman
Air Date: 2004-05-08
A young couple, Mayu & Kota, travel to a mountain cabin for a getaway. They arrive late and find that the cabin has n...
E03
It's Me
Air Date: 2004-05-08
Yuki and his sleazy business associate scam money from innocent people by pretending to be distant relatives in need ...
E04
Real
Air Date: 2004-05-08
Azuma is a surgeon who is plagued by headaches, which are affecting his work. Despite the fact that his friend and co...
E05
Mushroom Hunting
Air Date: 2004-05-08
Kuni, Yuu, and Maki meet in an online chat room and decide to go mushroom hunting. (?!) While climbing the mountain, ...
E06
Eddie
Air Date: 2004-05-08
The public is captivated when a seal-like animal, nicknamed "Eddie", appears in the Edogawa River. Everyone, that is ...
E07
Echoes
Air Date: 2004-05-08
A young woman named Yumika is lured into the subway and murdered. Coincidentally (or was it by some supernatural forc...
E08
Cat's Paw
Air Date: 2004-05-08
A young boy named Shota is bullied at school and hates being at home because his parents fight violently. Shota recei...
E09
Apartment
Air Date: 2004-05-08
A mother begins to prepare dinner. While she does this, her teenaged children watch TV. The father sits at the table ...
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