Ouroboros
Seen it?2015 | 1 seasons | 55 min | Mystery, Drama, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Agatha Christie's Poirot or Alfred Hitchcock Presents, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, hour-long episodes, about 9 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew up in a children's orphanage together. When their favorite teacher, Yuiko, is murdered, a policeman wearing a gold watch covers up the incident. Ikuo and Tatsuya promise each other to avenge their teacher someday. Twenty years later, Ikuo is a detective in Shinjuku second police station investigating various cases with elite detective - Mizuki, while smart and handsome Tatsuya has become one of the top members of a gang group.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Limited series that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 11K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Toma IkutaRyuzaki Ikuo
- Shun OguriDanno Tatsuya
- Juri UenoHibino Mizuki
- Yoh YoshidaTachibana Tomiko
- Tsuyoshi MuroFukamachi Takeshi
- Nana SeinoTamura Konatasu
- Ken MitsuishiHibino Kunihiko
- Kenichi TakitohChono Shinichi
- Kotaro YoshidaMishima Kaoru
- Ryoko HirosueKashiwaba Yuiko