TV series

MPD Psycho

2000 · 1 season

A queasy, disorienting descent into madness where reality keeps slipping and horror feels invasive.

Tagline: Malice spreads like disease
Overview: MPD Psycho (full title: Multiple Personality Detective Psycho – Kazuhiko Amamiya Returns) is a six-part Japanese surrealist horror miniseries directed by Takashi Miike, based on Eiji Ōtsuka's manga series of the same name. Homicide detective Yosuke Kobayashi saw his wife killed by serial killer Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from multiple personality disorder and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after, he goes on the hunt for revenge.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, identity, obsession, revenge
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
obsession
revenge
violence
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild