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MPD Psycho

20001 Season54m episodes7.2

Mystery, Crime, Drama

TMDB7.2

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Runtime: 54m episodes
Genre: Mystery
Origin: JP

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Malice spreads like disease

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.

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Director: Takashi Miike
Writing: Eiji Otsuka, Takashi Miike, Yumi Sirakura
Status: Ended
First aired: May 2, 2000
Network: WOWOW Prime
Studio: Excellent Films, KADOKAWA Shoten

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Ren Osugi

Tooru Sasayama

Naoki Hosaka

Kazuhiko Amamiya / Yôsuke Kobayashi / Shinji Nishizono

Tomoko Nakajima

Machi Isono

Sadaharu Shioda

Masaki Manabe

Yoshinari Anan

Kikuo Toguchi

Rieko Miura

Chizuko Honda / Chizuko Kobayashi

Lily

Yôko Yamamoto

Nae Yuuki

Tomoyo Tanabe

Satoshi Matsuda

Tatsuya Ueno

Fujiko

Mami Sasayama

Shun Satô

Saku Ooe

Satoshi Ichijo

Hisashi Shimazu

SERIES

MPD Psycho

20001 Season54m episodes7.2

Mystery, Crime, Drama

TMDB7.2

Votes6

Your rating

Runtime: 54m episodes
Genre: Mystery
Origin: JP

About

Malice spreads like disease

Where to watch

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs May 2, 2000 · 57m
Memories of Sin/Drifting Petals
A sadistic criminal is turning his victims into human flower pots. Detective Amamiya Kazuhiko is called out of early retirement to investigate the case, which is tied to horrific events in his past. His new wife goes missing and a mysterious cult with barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs surfaces to wreak havoc on the city.
E2 · Airs May 3, 2000 · 55m
How to Create a World
A brutal serial killer cuts babies from their mothers' womb in what appears to be a copycat crime from five years earlier. All of the women have barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs. The victims, under some sort of hypnosis, purchase the surgical quality knives used to kill them the day before their murders. As Detective Amamiya's wife wanders the city in a trance, he discovers someone from his past is involved in the crime wave.
E3 · Airs May 4, 2000 · 54m
Life Is a Constant Double Helix
Detective Amamiya and the police team are investigating the mass suicide of forty girls from a posh high school. Amamiya goes undercover as a high school teacher to find out why and learn more about a new generation of barcoders, many of whom are students at this militaristic high school. Chiaki Kuriyama guest stars.
E4 · Airs May 5, 2000 · 54m
The Crushed Ant
Perfectly severed body parts with numbers cut into them are discovered in a field. In a nearby arcade, two rival youth gangs battle each other and Amamiya's wife is taken prisoner by a gang leader. The Police Chief tries to put together more of Amamiya's hidden past with the assistance of a one-eyed snuff filmmaker.
E5 · Airs May 6, 2000 · 54m
Coronation of the Cursed King
Cult members spontaneously combust when the barcoder network is infected. The burn victims are taken to the local hospital where a lonely employee's cyber girlfriend tells him to kill people. Detective Amamiya and his team lock down the hospital, while strange things happen on the secret 13th floor.
E6 · Airs May 7, 2000 · 54m
Soaring Souls and Human Bondage
The Police Department denies that the barcode case ever existed in a massive cover-up attempt. Three remaining members of the investigation team decide to continue working on the case on their own. The Police Chief's entire family dies under mysterious circumstances. Amamiya tracks down the baby stealer to a remote cabin in a snowstorm for a final showdown to recover his own missing child.

Details

Director: Takashi Miike
Writing: Eiji Otsuka, Takashi Miike, Yumi Sirakura
Status: Ended
First aired: May 2, 2000
Network: WOWOW Prime
Studio: Excellent Films, KADOKAWA Shoten

Time to finish

5 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Ren Osugi

Tooru Sasayama

Naoki Hosaka

Kazuhiko Amamiya / Yôsuke Kobayashi / Shinji Nishizono

Tomoko Nakajima

Machi Isono

Sadaharu Shioda

Masaki Manabe

Yoshinari Anan

Kikuo Toguchi

Rieko Miura

Chizuko Honda / Chizuko Kobayashi

Lily

Yôko Yamamoto

Nae Yuuki

Tomoyo Tanabe

Satoshi Matsuda

Tatsuya Ueno

Fujiko

Mami Sasayama

Shun Satô

Saku Ooe

Satoshi Ichijo

Hisashi Shimazu

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