Bitter Blood (2014 TV series)

Bitter Blood
Also known as	Partners by Blood
Genre	Drama, mystery, comedy
Created by	Shusuke Shizukui
Based on	Bitā Buraddo (novel)
Written by	Shota Koyama, Hiroyuki Komine
Directed by	Hiro Kanai, Masaki Tanimura
Starring	Takeru Satoh, Atsuro Watabe
Opening theme	Do You Ever Shine? by Mayday
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	11
Production
Producer(s)	Toshiyuki Nakano
Running time	54 min (Japan)
Production company(s)	Fuji Television Network
Distributor	Fuji Television Network (Japan) My 101 (Taiwan) TVB (Hong Kong) Jeepney TV (Philippines)
Release
Original network	Fuji Television
Original release	15 April 2014 – 24 June 2014
External links
Website

Bitter Blood (ビター・ブラッド Bitā Buraddo), also known as Partners by Blood, is a Japanese television drama based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Shusuke Shizukui. The series was broadcast by Fuji Television from 15 April to 24 June 2014.^[1]

Plot

Natsuki Sawara (Takeru Satoh) is a rookie detective who was assigned to the Ginza Police Station, where he finds himself partnered with his estranged father Akimura Shimao (Atsuro Watabe).^[2]

Cast

• Takeru Satoh as Natsuki Sahara
• Atsuro Watabe as Akimura Shimao
• Shiori Kutsuna as Hitomi Maeda
• Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Toshifumi Inaki
• Tetsushi Tanaka as Hisashi Koga
• Sarutoki Minagawa as Kaoru Togashi
• Keiji as Kōji Takano
• Katsumi Takahashi as Kensuke Kagiyama
• Suzu Hirose as Shinobu Sahara
• Reiko Kusamura as Machi Yamamura
• Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Takehisa Kaizuka

References

1. "Bitter Blood" (in Japanese). Fuji Television.
2. ""Bitter Blood" between father-son detectives". The Japan Times. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Bitter Blood at the Internet Movie Database