55 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
Latest"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew up in a children's orphanage together. When their favorite teacher, Yuiko, is murdered, a policeman wearing a gold watch covers up the incident. Ikuo and Tatsuya promise each other to avenge their teacher someday. Twenty years later, Ikuo is a detective in Shinjuku second police station investigating various cases with elite detective - Mizuki, while smart and handsome Tatsuya has become one of the top members of a gang group.
Acting
Ikuta and Oguri's loaded silences say everything.
Direction
Orphanage flashbacks hit like emotional gut punches.
Writing
Moral complexity that actually earns its darkness.
Toma Ikuta
Ryuzaki Ikuo
Shun Oguri
Danno Tatsuya
Juri Ueno
Hibino Mizuki
Yoh Yoshida
Tachibana Tomiko
Tsuyoshi Muro
Fukamachi Takeshi
Nana Seino
Tamura Konatasu
Ken Mitsuishi
Hibino Kunihiko
Kenichi Takitoh
Chono Shinichi
Kotaro Yoshida
Mishima Kaoru
Hirosue Ryoko
Kashiwaba Yuiko
Toru Baba
Kandori Kazuma
Manabu Hamada
Shoji Taro
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Ganaha Mamoru
Suon Kan
Yuasa Keiichi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to the infinite loop of revenge — Ikuo and Tatsuya endlessly circling the same tragedy.
Adapted from a josei manga by Yūya Kanzaki, rare for crime dramas to target adult women with this level of emotional brutality.
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