Giri/Haji (2019)

Genre

detective fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 173 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Tokyo detective travels to London to find his estranged brother, who is linked to a yakuza gang. The series follows his investigation and the cultural clashes between two cities.

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What happens

Giri/Haji (Japanese: 義理/恥, 'Duty/Shame') is a British crime drama television series that premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2019, and was released internationally on Netflix on 10 January 2020. A co-production between the BBC and Netflix, the series was created and written by Joe Barton, and features an international ensemble cast including Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Will Sharpe, Masahiro Motoki, Justin Long, Anna Sawai, and Charlie Creed-Miles. The series is set in London and Tokyo, with dialogue in English and Japanese. In September 2020, it was cancelled by BBC Two and Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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