Limited series · WOWOW Prime
BLOOD & SWEAT
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Anne Watanabe
Aki Ryomiya
8 eps
Jasper Pääkkönen
Jon Laine
8 eps
Gaku Hamada
Keisuke Takagi
8 eps
Mahiro Takasugi
Ryuji Suzumiya
8 eps
Mikko Nousiainen
Niko Salonen
8 eps
Alina Tomnikov
Katrina Salmi
8 eps
Yuki Tokito
Masatada
8 eps
Elias Salonen
Veli
8 eps
Merlin Rose
Lukas
8 eps
Seiji Fukushi
Sei-ichi Suzumiya
8 eps
Zethphan Smith-Gneist
Zetor
8 eps
Antti Reini
Viljami Krogel
8 eps
Mariko Akama
Kikuko Suzumiya
1 eps
Kanji Furutachi
北島
1 eps
Esa Latva-Äijö
Molin
2 eps
Taichi Saotome
Yasutaka Majima
6 eps
Tommi Raitolehto
Lepola
2 eps
Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Professori Rantala
2 eps
Petra Ahola
Susanna Saarinen
1 eps
Akihisa Muramoto
Detective Shirahama
1 eps
Hiroko Yashiki
Passport Center Clerk
1 eps
Voichenko Vasilii
Soviet soldier
1 eps
Jun Kunimura
Tokuro Suzumiya
6 eps
Hiromi Komorita
Tome
3 eps
Bunmei Harada
Old village man
1 eps
Aliisa Ylitalo
Paula Alho
2 eps
Kirsi Ryyppö
Doctor
1 eps
Henry Pöyhiä
Nurse
2 eps
Arttu Soilumo
Officer Luukka
1 eps
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Gen
2 eps
Shiiko Utagawa
Hatano
2 eps
Genpachi Ikenami
Shinto Priest
1 eps
Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen
Tuuli
2 eps
Ella Vierula
Cult Woman 1
2 eps
松井稜樹
Masatada's Son
3 eps
Kaisla Hynninen
Cult Woman 2
2 eps
Noora Laiho
Cult Woman 3(kantele player)
1 eps
Riku Suokas
Rauha Security Officer
2 eps
Aukusti Tikka
Temple Guard 1
2 eps
Miikka Selkämaa
Temple Guard 2
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How BLOOD & SWEAT actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
BLOOD & SWEAT reads strongest on Bingeability, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Tea Panula
Executive producer
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Ilkka Rahkonen
Executive producer
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高嶋知美
Executive producer
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Ville Toivanen
Executive producer
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Ivan Schneeberg
Executive producer
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jon rutherford
Executive producer
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Nick Nantell
Executive producer
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David Fortier
Executive producer
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Daniel Toivonen
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Erna AaltoProducer
- Tea PanulaExecutive Producer
- Jarkko HentulaProducer
- Ilkka RahkonenExecutive Producer
- Keita TsutsumiguchiProducer
- 高嶋知美Executive Producer
Direction
- Riku SuokasDirector
- Marie IwasakiDirector
Cinematography
- Tero MolinDirector of Photography
Music
- Jun FutamataOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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