Even though Giri/Haji is an eight part television thriller. It has the engine of a modern Japanese crime drama with multiple stories. You never find yourself getting bored.
Flashbacks, widescreen and ending where you cannot wait to find out next.
Kenzo meets his brother Yuto and the message is 'You owe me.' It is even printed on the road. Yuto has no intention in returning to Japan. Back in Japan the police chief upset that a Yakuza chief has been having sex with his wife. It has left Tokyo in the mercy of a fully fledged gang war.
For Kenzo, if the threat from Abbot is not enough. His daughter Taki turns up in London. At least she finds a rebellious kindred spirit in Rodney.
It all leads to various impending showdowns both in Tokyo and in London. This is storytelling cut clean with a katana sword.
Flashbacks, widescreen and ending where you cannot wait to find out next.
Kenzo meets his brother Yuto and the message is 'You owe me.' It is even printed on the road. Yuto has no intention in returning to Japan. Back in Japan the police chief upset that a Yakuza chief has been having sex with his wife. It has left Tokyo in the mercy of a fully fledged gang war.
For Kenzo, if the threat from Abbot is not enough. His daughter Taki turns up in London. At least she finds a rebellious kindred spirit in Rodney.
It all leads to various impending showdowns both in Tokyo and in London. This is storytelling cut clean with a katana sword.