54 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestYuri Rintaro used to work as the chief of the First Investigation Division in Tokyo. Due to a case, he resigned from the police force and moved back to his hometown of Kyoto. Now, he works as a forensic psychologist in Kyoto. After receiving requests from the police, he helps them with their investigations. His investigation method involves careful observance of the crime scenes and he uses trace techniques learned from a hunter. He met that hunter in the Rocky Mountains, USA, during his school days. His assistant in Kyoto is Mitsugi Shunsuke. Mitsugi admires Yuri and runs the website "Yuri Rintaro no Jikenbo," which records Yuri's performance.
Cinematography
Kyoto's seasons become a character in every frame.
Acting
Koji Kikkawa's restrained grief hits harder than any scream.
Writing
Cases unfold like ikebana—deliberate, painful, beautiful.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koji Kikkawa was 52 during filming; the role was originally written for an actor in his 60s, but his youthful exhaustion read as premature burnout instead.
The 'trace techniques' reference actual Japanese hunting philosophy of 'mitori'—observing without disturbing—which Kyoto police briefly experimented with in real cold cases during the 1990s.
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