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Bitter Blood

Bitter Blood

20147.21 Season11 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.

Created by Hiroyuki Komine
Written by Hiroyuki Komine, Shota Koyama, Shusuke Shizukui
Produced by Toshiyuki Nakano
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Takeru Satoh

Takeru Satoh

Natsuki Sahara

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

Akimura Shimao

Shioli Kutsuna

Shioli Kutsuna

Hitomi Maeda

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Toshifumi Inaki

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Hisashi Koga

Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa

Kaoru Togashi

Keiji

Keiji

Koji Takano

Katsumi Takahashi

Katsumi Takahashi

Kagiyama Kensuke

Yuki Furukawa

Yuki Furukawa

Namekawa

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Sahara Shinobu

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookparent child relationshippolice detective

About Bitter Blood

Bitter Blood is a drama, crime, mystery series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of based on novel or book, parent child relationship, police detective. Created by Hiroyuki Komine, it stars Takeru Satoh, Atsuro Watabe, Shioli Kutsuna. A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.

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