TV series

Spinnerbait

2026 · 1 season

A slow, oppressive descent into a brutal underworld, where a boy's fear and the creeping dread of a murder case keep you uneasy and absorbed.

Overview: A timid high school boy joins a so-called fishing club that turns out to be a yakuza-run vigilante group, where he gets trapped at the bottom of its brutal hierarchy while a serial murder case begins to unfold around him.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Power, violence, coming-of-age, crime
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
violence
coming-of-age
crime
isolation
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild