The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
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About
"Love and atrocity braided across one man's memory"
The Narrow Road to the Deep North follows an Australian surgeon whose life splits between two timelines: a passionate love affair just before World War II, and the brutal ordeal of building the Thai-Burma "Death Railway" as a Japanese POW. Decades later, as an old man, he remains haunted by both. The miniseries is slow, mournful, and visually stunning, alternating tender romance with harrowing wartime suffering while asking what memory and guilt do to a person over a lifetime. It leans hard into grief and atmosphere rather than plot, carried almost entirely by its performances.
the devastating lead performances carrying a story about guilt, memory, and survival.
you find slow pacing and sustained wartime suffering hard to sit through.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.1 | 241 | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.3 | 186 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.5 | 157 | 40 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 8.0 | 170 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 7.8 | 146 | 40 min |