Ouroboros (2015)
Ouroboros is a 2015 Japanese-language mystery series. It stars Toma Ikuta, Shun Oguri and Juri Ueno.
"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.
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What is Ouroboros about?
"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.
When was Ouroboros released?
Ouroboros was released on 16 January 2015.
How many episodes does Ouroboros have?
Ouroboros has 10 episodes across 1 seasons.
Cast
- Toma Ikuta as Ryuzaki Ikuo
- Shun Oguri as Danno Tatsuya
- Juri Ueno as Hibino Mizuki
- Yoh Yoshida as Tachibana Tomiko
- Tsuyoshi Muro as Fukamachi Takeshi
- Nana Seino as Tamura Konatasu
- Ken Mitsuishi as Hibino Kunihiko
- Kenichi Takitoh as Chono Shinichi
- Kotaro Yoshida as Mishima Kaoru
- Hirosue Ryoko as Kashiwaba Yuiko
- Okuyama Baraba as Nagae Shinobu
- Toru Baba as Kandori Kazuma