Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO is a drama and crime series.

What it’s about. The First Investigative Division is the star unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Jun'ichi Ōiwa, the head of the division, leads around 400 elite detectives. He has an extremely heavy responsibility: attends initial investigations at the scenes of all brutal crimes that occur within the metropolis, decides on the course of action of the investigations at the same time as he directs many investigation task forces and gets into investigations himself at the critical phase. However, Ōiwa is definitely not a superman. Amid his suffering, Ōiwa overcomes this grave responsibility and is quite simply a "life-size hero" and "ideal boss" to his subordinates.

Who’s in it. Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO stars Takashi Naito as Jun'ichi Ōiwa, Yuki Saito as Makoto Hirai, Hirotaro Honda as Takeshi Sasagawa and Akio Kaneda as Daisuke Oyamada, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO page.

If you liked it. Fans of Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.