Season 1 • Episode 9
LatestShun is a third generation descendant of a Japanese orphan left behind in China during World War II. Takeru is a lonely and reckless young man whose family was murdered when he was a child. Shun, Takeru and Kasumi, who has an equally troubled past and background, become collaborators after being hired by Kuchinawa in a police undercover operation to take on a drug cartel in a Chinatown. The drama follows their ability to work together and grow individually.
Acting
Kamikawa's weary mentor energy anchors the chaos.
Writing
Backstories unfold with painful, deliberate patience.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'orphan' premise references real post-WWII Japanese left-behind children (zanryū koji) in China, a historically erased trauma still resonating in Sino-Japanese relations.
Director Nishiumi reportedly cast Fukuda as Shun specifically to subvert gender expectations in crime dramas — the character was originally written male.
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