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MPD Psycho

MPD Psycho

★ 7.2/10•2000•54m•Mystery•Crime•Drama
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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.

Takashi Miike · Director

Takashi Miike · Screenplay

Eiji Otsuka · Screenplay

Yumi Sirakura · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime54m
LanguageJA
First Air DateMay 2, 2000

Episodes

E157m

Memories of Sin/Drifting Petals

A sadistic criminal is turning his victims into human flower pots. Detective Amamiya Kazuhiko is called out of early retirement to investigate the case, which is tied to horrific events in his past. His new wife goes missing and a mysterious cult with barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs surfaces to wreak havoc on the city.

May 2, 2000

E255m

How to Create a World

A brutal serial killer cuts babies from their mothers' womb in what appears to be a copycat crime from five years earlier. All of the women have barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs. The victims, under some sort of hypnosis, purchase the surgical quality knives used to kill them the day before their murders. As Detective Amamiya's wife wanders the city in a trance, he discovers someone from his past is involved in the crime wave.

May 3, 2000

E354m

Life Is a Constant Double Helix

Detective Amamiya and the police team are investigating the mass suicide of forty girls from a posh high school. Amamiya goes undercover as a high school teacher to find out why and learn more about a new generation of barcoders, many of whom are students at this militaristic high school. Chiaki Kuriyama guest stars.

May 4, 2000

E454m

The Crushed Ant

Perfectly severed body parts with numbers cut into them are discovered in a field. In a nearby arcade, two rival youth gangs battle each other and Amamiya's wife is taken prisoner by a gang leader. The Police Chief tries to put together more of Amamiya's hidden past with the assistance of a one-eyed snuff filmmaker.

May 5, 2000

E554m

Coronation of the Cursed King

Cult members spontaneously combust when the barcoder network is infected. The burn victims are taken to the local hospital where a lonely employee's cyber girlfriend tells him to kill people. Detective Amamiya and his team lock down the hospital, while strange things happen on the secret 13th floor.

May 6, 2000

E654m

Soaring Souls and Human Bondage

The Police Department denies that the barcode case ever existed in a massive cover-up attempt. Three remaining members of the investigation team decide to continue working on the case on their own. The Police Chief's entire family dies under mysterious circumstances. Amamiya tracks down the baby stealer to a remote cabin in a snowstorm for a final showdown to recover his own missing child.

May 7, 2000

Actors

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Tooru Sasayama

Naoki Hosaka

Naoki Hosaka

Kazuhiko Amamiya / Yôsuke Kobayashi / Shinji Nishizono

Tomoko Nakajima

Tomoko Nakajima

Machi Isono

Sadaharu Shioda

Masaki Manabe

Yoshinari Anan

Kikuo Toguchi

Rieko Miura

Rieko Miura

Chizuko Honda / Chizuko Kobayashi

Lily

Lily

Yôko Yamamoto

Nae Yuuki

Nae Yuuki

Tomoyo Tanabe

Satoshi Matsuda

Satoshi Matsuda

Tatsuya Ueno

Fujiko

Fujiko

Mami Sasayama

Shun Satô

Saku Ooe

Satoshi Ichijo

Satoshi Ichijo

Hisashi Shimazu

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