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Bitter Blood

TV·2014–2014·1 season, 11 episodes·Fuji TV·Drama, Crime, Mystery·45m·Created by Ko Kanai, Masaki Tanimura, Kunihiro Nagase

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A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Bitter Blood S01E03Devil's AppearanceS01E03 · 9.0Maeda Hitomi works with a secret informant in order to learn more about her father's murder, unaware that the informant is actually the murderer himself.
  2. 02Bitter Blood S01E01Partner of Father!? The Strongest Buddies Combo is Born!!S01E01 · 8.0A young and idealistic recruit, Sahara Natsuki, joins the police force, but gets partnered with his father, Shimao Akimura, who he hasn't seen since childhood.
  3. 03Bitter Blood S01E02Bonds of DesperationS01E02 · 8.0After a horrible kidnapping of a young boy, the parents and Kagiyama Police Team soon learn they aren't messing with an amateur.

Castfull cast & details

Takeru SatohTakeru SatohNatsuki SaharaAtsuro WatabeAtsuro WatabeAkimura ShimaoShioli KutsunaShioli KutsunaHitomi MaedaMitsuru FukikoshiMitsuru FukikoshiToshifumi InakiTetsushi TanakaTetsushi TanakaHisashi KogaSarutoki MinagawaSarutoki MinagawaKaoru TogashiKeijiKeijiKoji TakanoKatsumi TakahashiKatsumi TakahashiKagiyama Kensuke

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes2014Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Bitter Blood S01E01Partner of Father!? The Strongest Buddies Combo is Born!!April 15, 2014 8.0A young and idealistic recruit, Sahara Natsuki, joins the police force, but gets partnered with his father, Shimao Akimura, who he hasn't se
  2. S01E02Bitter Blood S01E02Bonds of DesperationApril 22, 2014 8.0After a horrible kidnapping of a young boy, the parents and Kagiyama Police Team soon learn they aren't messing with an amateur.
  3. S01E03Bitter Blood S01E03Season's bestDevil's AppearanceApril 29, 2014 9.0Maeda Hitomi works with a secret informant in order to learn more about her father's murder, unaware that the informant is actually the murd
  4. S01E04Bitter Blood S01E04Showdown of the two!!May 6, 2014 8.0A high school student witnesses a horrible murder and is being hunted by the killer. Meanwhile, Sahara inadvertently makes an enemy with a d
  5. S01E05Bitter Blood S01E05Double StakeoutMay 13, 2014 7.0Father and son go on a stakeout together to monitor a beautiful woman who may be tied to an unresolved high profile case from years ago.
  6. S01E06Bitter Blood S01E06Whereabouts of MaliceMay 20, 2014 7.0When Inspector Kagiyama is critically stabbed at the Ginza Police Station, accusations fly and each member of the "family" is under fire.
  7. S01E07Bitter Blood S01E07Whereabouts of Love and the Incident!!May 27, 2014 8.0Koga meets the woman of his dreams and wants to propose to her, but his comrades are skeptical of her love for him.
  8. S01E08Bitter Blood S01E08Behind Closed Doors Lays Great Panic!!June 3, 2014 8.0A criminal interrogation goes horribly wrong when a dangerous suspect manages to escape Skunk but remains somewhere in the confines of the G
  9. S01E09Bitter Blood S01E09Betrayal...!?June 10, 2014 7.0Chaser is suspected of drug trafficking, meanwhile Shimao tries to give Sahara some fatherly advice on how to make a move on Maeda.
  10. S01E10Bitter Blood S01E10Desperate Situation!!June 17, 2014 7.0Kaizuka returns, more vengeful and evil than ever. Will his ultimate plan of revenge on Gentle and his loved ones come to fruition?
  11. S01E11Bitter Blood S01E11Eternal BondJune 24, 2014 7.0Kaizuka's long awaited finale of revenge comes to an epic conclusion. What will become of the father-and-son duo?

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

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