Series

Dokutsu Ojisan

★ 7.0(1)20151 season

Drama

Dokutsu Ojisan is streaming on NHK On Demand Amazon Channel in Japan. Availability checked 12 June 2026.

Where to watch Dokutsu Ojisan

🇯🇵 Japan

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Good to know

Release date: 2015-10-01
Language: Japanese
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Network: NHK BS Premium
Status: Ended
Country: Japan

About Dokutsu Ojisan

Dokutsu Ojisan is a 2015 web series in the Drama genre, starring Lily Franky, Aoi Nakamura and Jun Inoue. It spans 1 season and 4 episodes, and originally aired on NHK BS Premium. It holds an average rating of 7.0/10 from 1 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Dokutsu Ojisan in Japan — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

In a farming village in 1959 (Showa 34), Kayama Kazuma (Tomita Kaito) grew up in a poor family. He left home at 13 because he could not tolerate ill-treatment from his parents and lived hidden in a cave deep in the mountains. He became proficient at survival skills such as making bows and arrows, and catching rabbits and wild boars on his own. His beloved dog supported him through this lonely life. Several years later, a kind farming couple Sunagawa Yoshio (Inoue Jun) and Masayo (Kiuchi Midori) discover a man clad in animal fur living in a cave. He is the grown-up Kazuma (Nakamura Aoi). Kazuma starts to make contact with the world despite his confusion … --JDramas Weblog