Limited series · Prime Video
Criminal
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Koshi Mizukami
Shuji Shigetou
7 eps
Issey Takahashi
Ryosuke Soma
7 eps
Takumi Saitoh
Nanao Yarimizu
7 eps
Yusuke Santamaria
Takeshi Nakasako
7 eps
Jung Il-woo
Takigawa
7 eps
Nozomi Bando
3 eps
Ariei Umefune
2 eps
Mutsuo Yoshioka
2 eps
Gôichi Mine
2 eps
Taketo Tanaka
3 eps
Hajime Inoue
2 eps
MEGUMI
Sakiko Yamashina
4 eps
Takashi Ukaji
1 eps
Seiyo Uchino
Shougo Masaki
6 eps
Masatô Ibu
Toshio Sonoda
4 eps
Keisuke Horibe
Takatoshi Morimura
6 eps
Soji Arai
Hiroyuki Hattori
6 eps
Munetaka Aoki
Kousuke Odajima
4 eps
Makita Sports
Katsuo Sugita
5 eps
Haruki Takano
5 eps
Mizuki Inoue
Shun Suezawa
2 eps
Nazuna Mitsushima
Natsu Ogawa
1 eps
Reo Sano
Nobuyoshi Akitsu
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Criminal actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Criminal reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and Serialized.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
A random mass stabbing, major food company Titus Foods, and a mysterious infant disease. These three things have as much in common as Detective Soma, hack writer Yarimizu, and the stabbing's lone survivor, Shuji. Yet, these men are now embroiled in a risky quest for the truth. What they find, though, is more heinous than they imagined, making them question just who is the real criminal?
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masashi AbeProducer
- Ryo KanzakiProducer
- Shinji OkabeExecutive Producer
Direction
- Daishi MatsunagaDirector
Music
- Kenji KawaiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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