TV series

Onihei Hankachō

1989–2001 · 9 seasons

A stately, old-fashioned period police drama where quiet moral weight and samurai swordplay share the screen.

Overview: Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, warm and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, crime, loyalty, redemption
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
crime
loyalty
redemption
power
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none