MPD Psycho

TV series

MPD Psycho

7.2/ 10· 6200054 min1 season · 6 episodes

Malice spreads like disease

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.

Created by
Takashi Miike

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

Ended
Miniseries

Miniseries

6 episodesMay 2, 2000
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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 reven

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    S1 E1

    Memories of Sin/Drifting Petals

    May 2, 200057 min

    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 mysteriou

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    S1 E2

    How to Create a World

    May 3, 200055 min

    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 sur

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    S1 E3

    Life Is a Constant Double Helix

    May 4, 200054 min

    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 wh

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    S1 E4

    The Crushed Ant

    May 5, 200054 min

    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 mor

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    S1 E5

    Coronation of the Cursed King

    May 6, 200054 min

    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 hos

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    S1 E6

    Soaring Souls and Human Bondage

    May 7, 200054 min

    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 unde

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How many seasons of MPD Psycho are there?
MPD Psycho has 1 season and 6 episodes. Status: Ended.
Will there be a new season of MPD Psycho?
MPD Psycho has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 7, 2000.
Who stars in MPD Psycho?
MPD Psycho stars Ren Osugi, Naoki Hosaka, Tomoko Nakajima, Sadaharu Shioda, Yoshinari Anan.

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