Series

Utsubyou Kudan

“A shogi player develops depression.”

★ 7.0(1)20201h 29m1 season

Drama

Utsubyou Kudan is streaming on NHK On Demand Amazon Channel in Japan. Availability checked 14 June 2026.

Where to watch Utsubyou Kudan

🇯🇵 Japan

NHK On Demand Amazon ChannelStream

Good to know

Release date: 2020-12-20
Runtime: 1h 29m
Language: Japanese
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 1
Network: NHK BS Premium
Status: Returning Series

About Utsubyou Kudan

Utsubyou Kudan is a 2020 web series in the Drama genre, starring Ken Yasuda and Yuki Uchida. It spans 1 season and 1 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 Utsubyou Kudan in Japan — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Sengaki Manabu (Yasuda Ken) is a popular professional shogi player who holds the highest rank of 9-dan. In July 2017, he was in the middle of a game that would determine his rank when his brain suddenly froze. He could not focus on the shogi board and images of death swirled in his mind. As the person in charge of the shogi association’s public relations, he was busy responding to scandals that had shaken up the shogi world. At the same time, he was also a supervising director for a movie on shogi. He had no rest as he would play shogi in the intervals between. His older brother Akira (Takahashi Katsumi) who is a psychiatrist, diagnoses his condition as depression and recommends immediate hospitalisation. The doctor in charge orders Sengaki to take a long rest and stop playing shogi in the meantime. Shogi would only hamper his medical treatment as it entails extreme concentration.