ESCAPE It Was Supposed to be a Kidnapping
Season 1
42 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 8, 2025
Episode 1 Episode 1
51 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 15, 2025
Episode 2 Episode 2
51 min
S1 · E3 · Oct 22, 2025
Episode 3 Episode 3
51 min
S1 · E4 · Oct 29, 2025
Episode 4 Episode 4
51 min
S1 · E5 · Nov 5, 2025
Episode 5 Episode 5
51 min
S1 · E6 · Nov 12, 2025
Episode 6 Episode 6
51 min
S1 · E7 · Nov 19, 2025
Episode 7 Episode 7
51 min
S1 · E8 · Nov 26, 2025
Episode 8 Episode 8
50 min
S1 · E9 · Dec 3, 2025
Episode 9 Episode 9
50 min
S1 · E10 · Dec 10, 2025
Episode 10 Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
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A wealthy pharmaceutical CEO's daughter is kidnapped on her 20th birthday, but when the botched abduction leaves one captor stunned, the seemingly obedient heiress shocks everyone by begging her would-be kidnapper to flee with her, sparking a chaotic manhunt that unravels dangerous secrets about her true identity and forces both fugitives to confront their twisted destinies.
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Cast
15 people
Hiyori Sakurada
Yagami Yui
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Hayato Sano
Hayashida Daisuke
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Shiraki Hirota
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Kisuke Iida
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Shunsuke Tanaka
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Onishi Masaki
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Kayo Hikawa Creator · Makoto Naganuma Director Naoko Komuro Director
Total runtime 10h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
October 8, 2025
Final episode
December 10, 2025
Status
Ended
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
10h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ESCAPE それは誘拐のはずだった
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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