Prime Video’s East Asian drama library grows every month, and on December 4, Quiz From God expands the streamer’s 2026 slate. This brand-new Prime Video Original drama series reboots the beloved Korean mystery drama of the same name.
To gauge how popular the Korean series was, it sparked a cultural phenomenon known as “Quiz from God Addiction” among viewers who couldn’t stop watching. Yeah, that isn’t a joke. Shunk Hashizume directed the new series, and Takayuki Ichikawa, Sayaka Shito, Sayaka Abe, and Hashizume wrote the screenplay.
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Keisuke Oishi, Country Manager for Prime Video Japan, commented in a release to the press on behalf of the platform, “We are absolutely thrilled to bring Quiz from God to audiences worldwide with Shotaro Mamiya in the lead role. This Japanese reimagining of the Korean drama that became a cultural phenomenon will deliver a truly incredible entertainment experience. We can’t wait for fans around the world to enjoy this series when it launches.”
The original five-season K-drama series (including four seasons and Quiz From God: Reboot) was a full-scale mystery drama starring Ryu Deok-Hwan that became a cultural phenomenon in the country. Like many successful Kdramas, the original series was produced by STUDIO DRAGON and followed genius medical examiner Han Jin-woo as he unravels the mysteries behind unexplained deaths, weaving together compelling human drama with edge-of-your-seat storytelling.
Now, Prime Video is attempting to show audiences a new human drama starring Shotaro Mamiya and reimagined in present-day Tokyo instead of South Korea. And it’s all been faithfully preserving the “captivating essence” of the original.
Director Shunki Hashizume shared the following comment in a release to press about the series: “I struggled considerably over how to bridge the powerful title Quiz from God with the substance of the story (laughs). What I ultimately arrived at was the idea that ‘God exists precisely because human beings exist.’ As we depict the myriad events born from the complexities of human nature, if we can discover emotions that cannot be reduced to a simple binary of black and white — perhaps that is what Quiz from God truly is. My hope is that this story carries within it a sense of imagination toward all things, and a gentle warmth of spirit.”
What is the Japanese Reboot of Quiz From God about?
Whether the new Japanese reboot of Quiz From God will match the cultural pull of the original series, the details Prime Video has shared are extensive and cover just about everything you’d hope for.
Official Prime Video Synopsis:
The series follows Haruto Hatsushima, a genius forensic pathologist and former neurosurgeon hailed by those around him as “a genius chosen by God” — yet dismissed as being eccentric by his colleagues. Having left surgery behind for deeply personal reasons, Haruto has dedicated himself to reading the silent cries of the dead, taking a position at the National Forensic Autopsy Center.
Each day, the center receives the bodies of those who have met mysterious deaths — victims caught up in baffling cases and inexplicable accidents across modern-day Tokyo. Haruto confronts cases that expose the hidden fractures of society: the mysterious death of a convicted kidnapper; the sudden death of an underground idol mid-performance while engulfed in online controversy; the unexplained death of a young person drawn into organized crime through illicit gig work; a sudden death during a couple’s first date at a movie theater; and the lonely death of a runaway youth on the fringes of society.
Behind each unexplained death lies a rare disease undetectable by conventional means — a riddle concealed within death itself, a “Quiz from God” that Haruto is determined to solve. Yet Haruto himself harbors a secret: he is quietly ravaged by a mysterious illness of his own, living each day wondering, “How much longer will my body hold out?” — a man walking side by side with death. And behind the brilliance that earned him the title of genius lies a hidden truth from his past.
Quiz From God Cast & Characters
- Shotaro Mamiya
What is the release date?
Quiz From God will premiere exclusively on Prime Video worldwide on Friday, December 4, 2026.
