TV series
Giri/Haji
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2019-10-17
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- BBC Two
- Production
- SISTER, BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Takehiro Hira as Kenzo Mori
- Kelly Macdonald as Sarah
- Yosuke Kubozuka as Yuto Mori
- Will Sharpe as Rodney
- Aoi Okuyama as Taki Mori
- Yuko Nakamura as Rei Mori
- Katsuya as Toshio
- Tony Pitts as Angling
- Yoshiki Minato as Jiro Yamamoto
- Masahiro Motoki as Fukuhara
- Kazuyuki Tsumura as Chief Inspector Hayashi
- Mitsuko Oka as Natsuko
Creators and crew
- Joe Barton - Creator
- Julian Farino - Executive Producer
- Chris Fry - Executive Producer
- Ben Irving - Executive Producer
- Jane Featherstone - Executive Producer
- Joe Barton - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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