The read
The series ran 1 season across 6 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
MPD Psycho (full title: Multiple Personality Detective Psycho – Kazuhiko Amamiya Returns) is a six-part Japanese surrealist horror miniseries directed by Takashi Miike, based on Eiji Ōtsuka's manga series of the same name. Homicide detective Yosuke Kobayashi saw his wife killed by serial killer Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from multiple personality disorder and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after, he goes on the hunt for revenge.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
6 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Miniseries | 6 ep2000 |
Key crew
- Takashi MiikeDirector
- Takashi MiikeScreenplay
- Eiji OtsukaScreenplay
- Yumi SirakuraScreenplay
Cast
- Ren OsugiTooru Sasayama
- Naoki HosakaKazuhiko Amamiya / Yôsuke Kobayashi / Shinji Nishizono
- Tomoko NakajimaMachi Isono
- Sadaharu ShiodaMasaki Manabe
- Yoshinari AnanKikuo Toguchi
- Rieko MiuraChizuko Honda / Chizuko Kobayashi
- LilyYôko Yamamoto
- Nae YuukiTomoyo Tanabe
- Satoshi MatsudaTatsuya Ueno
- FujikoMami Sasayama
- Shun SatôSaku Ooe
- Satoshi IchijoHisashi Shimazu
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Themes
serial killerminiseriesbased on mangadissociative identity disordermultiple personality disorderbody horrorsurrealist horror