Miniseries · BBC Two
Giri/Haji
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Takehiro Hira
Kenzo Mori
8 eps
Kelly Macdonald
Sarah
8 eps
Yosuke Kubozuka
Yuto Mori
8 eps
Will Sharpe
Rodney
8 eps
Aoi Okuyama
Taki Mori
8 eps
Yuko Nakamura
Rei Mori
8 eps
Katsuya
Toshio
8 eps
Tony Pitts
Angling
8 eps
Yoshiki Minato
Jiro Yamamoto
8 eps
Masahiro Motoki
Fukuhara
8 eps
Justin Long
Vickers
4 eps
Ken Yamamura
Eiji
2 eps
Daikan Morishima
Uniformed Cop
1 eps
Tony Way
Roy
5 eps
Yoshi Sakō
Goro Eda
1 eps
Joseph Kennedy
Dan
1 eps
Yojiro Ichikawa
Japanese Bartender
1 eps
Eiji Mihara
Hisateru
1 eps
Haruka Abe
Suzume
1 eps
Damian Lynch
Doctor Odibe
1 eps
Alex Gok
Alex
1 eps
Rokkaku Seiji
Daisuke
1 eps
Alice Yanagida
Elderly Woman
1 eps
Viss Elliot Safavi
Receptionist
1 eps
Gary Grant
Michael Miller
1 eps
Shun Ando
Young Yuto
1 eps
Patrick Walshe McBride
Paul
1 eps
Enyi Okoronkwo
James
1 eps
Wanda Opalinska
Ruth
1 eps
Richard Dillane
Brian
1 eps
Matt Greenwood
Rodney's Friend
1 eps
Moe Idris
Police Officer
1 eps
Jacob James Beswick
Tyler
3 eps
Hannah Isherwood
Beth
4 eps
Takahiro Kameoka
Gangster
4 eps
Kazuhiro Muroyama
Old Man
2 eps
Kouji Tsujimoto
Young Hotaka
2 eps
Hideto Okamoto
Young Kenzo
2 eps
Ellie James
Annie
3 eps
Anna Koval
Joyce
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Giri/Haji actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Giri/Haji reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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.
The story
What it's about
Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. Trust is even tougher to find.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Episode 8
When Jiro kidnaps Taki and threatens to throw her from a rooftop, the Mori brothers must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice in order to save her life.
- Directed by Julian Farino
- Written by Joe Barton
S01E05
Episode 5
In the aftermath of the gunfight, Kenzo has a choice to make - send Yuto home to face certain death or allow the war to continue and destroy the city he is duty-bound to protect.
- Directed by Ben Chessell
- Written by Joe Barton
S01E01
Episode 1
Tokyo detective Kenzo Mori is sent to London to find the brother he thought was dead, now reappeared and wanted for a vicious killing that threatens to tear both cities apart.
- Directed by Julian Farino
- Written by Joe Barton
S01E06
Episode 6
As the Mori family set aside their conflicts to mourn Hotaka's death, it becomes apparent that everyone has their own demons to face, courage to find or decisions to make.
- Directed by Ben Chessell
- Written by Joe Barton
S01E02
Episode 2
As the body count rises in Tokyo, an untouchable Mr Abbot tries to force Kenzo out of London – but he can't go home without Yuto, and has begun to form other attachments.
- Directed by Julian Farino
- Written by Joe Barton
S01E04
Episode 4
As the Mori brothers end up on opposite sides of a frantic Soho gun battle, Yuto relives the split-second decisions that brought them all to this point.
- Directed by Julian Farino
- Written by Joe Barton
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
- Joe BartonExecutive Producer
- Susie LiggatProducer
- Ben IrvingExecutive Producer
- Chris FryExecutive Producer
- Sumrah MohammedProducer
- Julian FarinoExecutive Producer
Writing
- Joe BartonWriter
Direction
- Ben ChessellDirector
- Julian FarinoDirector
Cinematography
- Piers McGrailDirector of Photography
- David OddDirector of Photography
Music
- Adrian JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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