Pretty entertaining crime drama/thriller that uses its "East meets West" themes to good effect, though it didn't exactly stick the landing.
Giri/Haji ("Duty/Shame" in English) is a British production that tells of a Japanese detective in London, attempting to track down his wayward brother. The detective, Kenzo (Takehiro Kira), is on the trail of his brother Yuto (Yosuke Kobozuka) after Yuto potentially sets off a massive war between two yakuza families back in Tokyo. Yuto has long been the charming-but-untamable black sheep of the family, often getting into serious trouble that requires his older brother to bail him out. Continuing this pattern, Kenzo leaves behind more than a little family drama and ostensibly enrolls in a criminology class in London, using the class as a cover for his detective work following Yuto. Several other London locals become involved in Kenzo's case, including the half-Japanese male prostitute Rodney (Will Sharpe), the teacher of the criminology class Detective Donna Clark (Sophia Brown), and several others. As the cat-and-mouse game progresses, tensions and violence continue to mount not just for Kenzo and Yuto, but for anyone in or even close to the large criminal organizations involved.
This show was solid for most of its length. The struggle of Kenzo to constantly play big brother and get his younger brother out of scrapes is effective
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