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We Are Bad Barbers

2026 · 1 season

A cozy little shopfront that keeps flipping into rough, punchy trouble, easy to dip into and oddly companionable.

Created by
Yugo Sakamoto, Wataru Hiranami
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Ayumu Nakajima, Takuya Kusakawa, Konosuke Harada
Overview
A quiet retro barbershop hides a dangerous side hustle—its unassuming owner and a sharp-tongued new assistant team up to solve clients’ problems with brute force, for a hefty fee.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Yugo Sakamoto, Wataru Hiranami
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Ayumu Nakajima, Takuya Kusakawa, Konosuke Harada
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • violence
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, action & adventure
Created by
Yugo Sakamoto, Wataru Hiranami, Izuhara Kouichi
Written by
Yugo Sakamoto, Masayuki Ino
Starring
Ayumu Nakajima, Takuya Kusakawa, Konosuke Harada, Mizuki Yoshida, Tatsuomi Hamada, Takenori Goto, Masanori Mimoto, Tateto Serizawa
Music
Seitaro Tsuzuki, Takashi Tsuzuki
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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