Multiple Personality Detective Psycho - Kazuhiko Amamiya Returns (2000– )
"Tajuu jinkaku tantei saiko - Amamiya Kazuhiko no kikan" (original title)

After his wife is murdered, a homicide detective develops multiple personalities and takes revenge on her killer. Years later the killer seems to reappear from the dead.

Stars:

Naoki Hosaka, Tomoko Nakajima, Ren Ohsugi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Naoki Hosaka	...	Kazuhiko Amamiya
Tomoko Nakajima	...	Machi Isono
Ren Ohsugi	...	Tooru Sasayama (as Ren Oosugi)
Sadaharu Shiota	...	Masaki Manabe (as Sadaharu Shioda)
Yoshinari Anan	...	Kikuo Toguchi
Rieko Miura	...	Chizuko Honda
Lily	...	Yôko Yamamoto
Nae	...	Tomoyo Tanabe (as Nae Yuuki)
Satoshi Matsuda	...	Tatsuya Ueno (as Tomonori Masuda)
Fujiko	...	Mami Sasayama
Saki Ohara	...	(as Saki Oohara)
Hiroto Horibe
Chiaki Kuriyama
Shun Satô	...	Saku Ooe
Shun Ichijô	...	Hisashi Shimazu

Storyline

Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned on a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From a shock he suffered MPD (multiple personality disorder) and became Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after he managed to hunt down and killed the murderer of his wife, new series of murders have occurred and the suspects claimed to be Shinji Nishizono himself. Is it really him? Or a copycat? And who is Kazuhiko Amamiya?

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Plot Keywords:

detective | serial killer | homicide | murder | corruption | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 May 2000 (Japan)

Also Known As:

MPD - Psycho (Multiple Personality Detective): The Complete Miniseries

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Excellent Film, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., MPD Psycho Project

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min 54 min (6 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The X-Files (1993)

User Reviews

CSI meets Twin Peaks meets Matrix

Worth a look on DVD. This Japanese series melds a Twin Peaks like surrealism, with Manga inspired graphics and story line. Grumpy old detectives try to track down a mysterious being that jumps from person to person through the Japanese underworld, inspiring each one to go on a killing spree. Sounds clichéd, but some fantastic photography melded with oddly juxtaposed CGI and extremely graphic violence take it away from the norm. Pretty incomprehensible to start with, but strangely gripping none the less. In Japanese with English subtitles, which make it even more difficult to follow. First episode is excellent, but later episodes become more formulaic.