Detective Akechi Kogoro

A sleek, cerebral police procedural that trades gunfights for keyboard duels, keeping you alert and quietly tense throughout.

Created by

Hisashi Kimura

Genres

Mystery

Starring

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shugo Oshinari, Akira Nakao

Overview

Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the chief of the criminal investigation section at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He leads the investigation into the group. Kenjiro Namikoshi thinks of Kogoro Akechi (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who holds vast knowledge on hacking and leads BD team hacker group. To ask him for advisor help on the investigation, Kenjiro Namikoshi sends Yoshio Kobayashi (Atsushi Ito).

How it feels

Tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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