Miniseries · ABC TV
Duty First, Kiss Later
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Duty First, Kiss Later actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Duty First, Kiss Later reads strongest on Serialized, Humour and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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 fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
An old-school detective and his cold, ambitious partner find their growing attraction complicating life inside a rural police station.
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.
Writing
- Kokeshi MurataWriter
Direction
- Takehito OuchiDirector
- Masashi AsamiDirector
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