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COLLECTION · Series · 2019

Giri/Haji

Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. Trust is even tougher to find.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (171)CrimeDramaUnited Kingdom
Creators
Joe Barton
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC Two · SISTER · BBC
Age rating
TV-MA
Release
17/10/2019
Score
7.4 / 10 (171)
Where to watch
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
8 episodes · 2019

A detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2019-10-17 · 59 min

Tokyo detective Kenzo Mori is sent to London to find the brother he thought was dead, now reappeared and wanted for a vicious killing that threatens to tear both cities apart.

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2019-10-24 · 59 min

As the body count rises in Tokyo, an untouchable Mr Abbot tries to force Kenzo out of London – but he can't go home without Yuto, and has begun to form other attachments.

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2019-10-31 · 56 min

A reunion is not what Kenzo or Yuto had hoped for. Meanwhile, it is time for the truth to come out as a surprise visitor arrives from Tokyo, and Rodney contends with a shock death.

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2019-11-07 · 55 min

As the Mori brothers end up on opposite sides of a frantic Soho gun battle, Yuto relives the split-second decisions that brought them all to this point.

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2019-11-14 · 58 min

In the aftermath of the gunfight, Kenzo has a choice to make - send Yuto home to face certain death or allow the war to continue and destroy the city he is duty-bound to protect.

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2019-11-21 · 56 min

As the Mori family set aside their conflicts to mourn Hotaka's death, it becomes apparent that everyone has their own demons to face, courage to find or decisions to make.

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2019-11-28 · 56 min

Ian threatens to hand incriminating photos of Yuto to the police, leaving Kenzo and Sarah divided in stopping him and forcing each to confront the mistakes of their past.

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2019-12-05 · 56 min

When Jiro kidnaps Taki and threatens to throw her from a rooftop, the Mori brothers must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice in order to save her life.

Cast by season
Takehiro Hira
Takehiro Hira
Kenzo Mori
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald
Sarah
Yosuke Kubozuka
Yosuke Kubozuka
Yuto Mori
Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe
Rodney
Aoi Okuyama
Aoi Okuyama
Taki Mori
Yuko Nakamura
Yuko Nakamura
Rei Mori
Katsuya
Katsuya
Toshio
Tony Pitts
Tony Pitts
Angling
Yoshiki Minato
Yoshiki Minato
Jiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Motoki
Masahiro Motoki
Fukuhara
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DanDare
★ 9.0 / 10
Giri/Haji is a Japanese/British neo crime thriller. It is stylishly shot and heavily influenced by Quentin Tarantino. The story concerns a fatigued detective Kenzo Mori (Takehiro Hira) who has been sent to London. Ostensibly it is an exchange visit. Kenzo is searching for his younger brother Yuto. Yuto is a gangster in Japan who was thought to have died. Now Yuto is linked to the death of a prominent Yakuza member. Kenzo finds himself navigating the treacherous waters of both the London and Tokyo underworld. He wants to protect Yuto but needs to find him first. Giri/Haji is hip, contemplative, violent and yet surreal. It switches styles, there are anime parts and a lot of the dialogue is in Japanese. For a television series, the visuals are very cinematic. It also tips a nod to Korean crime dramas as well.
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Noffica
★ 6.0 / 10
The suspense does not last beyond the first episode, as it becomes very conventional after that. The most prominent reason this proves to be only slightly better than a television show is the introduction and interaction of its characters. One person becomes a character simply because he happened to be in the same bar at the same time as the main protagonist, and is overheard by the latter. Often, side characters interact in meaningless ways or in ways where only their personal lives are impacted. Screen time is given to them even when they have no place in the basis of the show as presented in the opening episode.
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Keywords
london, englanddetectiveyakuzagangsterbrotherorganized crimemafiatokyo, japanmissing persondeadpan
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