Giri/Haji - Season 1 [Sub: Eng]
The series explores the story of a Tokyo investigator trying to find his missing younger brother. To do that, the investigator travels to London where he collaborates with a young Japanese-British fraudster. The investigator and the crook man begin to move around in London and try to get new leads and evidence for that case. The investigator explores various daily paths related to his family's honor while dealing with the most dangerous gangs.
14 May 1979, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, UK
26 September 1946, Tokyo, Japan
7 October 1978, Rochford, Essex, England, UK
January 19, 1948 in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
7 May 1979, Yokosuka, Japan
1964, England, UK
October 17, 2019
Giri/Haji is sharply shot and edited and not afraid of adopting radical devices, like switching into animation for some scenes.
October 18, 2019
There is an artfulness to this drama - the split screen, the surprise shift to cartoon animation - that promises it won't be just another international crime tale.
October 18, 2019
[Will Sharpe] also has a vulnerability that makes us care instantly about his fate; possibly too much, given his ability to get into perilous situations soon and, one fears, often.
October 18, 2019
This bold, bewitching and slightly bonkers eight-parter could be something truly special.
October 14, 2019
Giri/Haji might eventually stumble over its own convolutions like The Capture, but for the moment it's a winner.
October 17, 2019
This Anglo-Japanese fusion from BBC Two (the title translates as "Duty / Shame") feels strikingly fresh and different.
October 18, 2019
It works superbly in setting the scene for a show that flips expectations by making outsider Kenzo the character we hold on to as the plot twists and turns amid yakuza gang grudges and criss-crossing loyalties.

