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Absolute Zero(TV show/series, 2010-2020)

Original title: "絶対零度" (Japanese/JA)
49min per episode | Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 43 episodes

Absolute ZeroRating: 3.9/5 (with 4 votes)
Zettai Reido (絶対零度, Absolute Zero) is a Japanese police procedural television drama. The first season, subtitled Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sōsa (未解決事件特命捜査, lit. "Special Cold Case Investigation"), was set in a fictional version of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, which is based on an actual division established in Japan in 2009. The first season aired from April 13 to June 22, 2010 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to an 18% rating. A special two-hour-long episode which served as conclusion to the first series was aired on July 8, 2011. Season two of Zettai Reido, subtitled Tokushu Hanzai Sennyū Sōsa (特殊犯罪潜入捜査, lit. "Special Undercover Crime Investigation") takes place a year after the events of the special episode, after Sakuragi and her fellow detectives have been transferred to the undercover investigation division which deals with current crimes. The second season aired from July 12 to September 20, 2011 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to a 15.4% rating and ended with a season-high rating of 16.3%. The last leg of the second season featured guest star appearances by Yūsuke Santamaria and You Yokoyama. The opening and ending themes for season one a... ()
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About Absolute Zero

Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.

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Absolute Zero Seasons and Episodes

01/06/2020Season 4 - 11 episodes
Set several months from the present day, massive bombs are placed in several locations around Tokyo including Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Kasumigaseki. The Prime Minister's Official Residence declares a state of emergency. Special unit Mihan members Toru Yamauchi (Yu Yokoyama) and Yui Odagiri (Tsubasa Honda) participate in the police investigation. While Yui Odagiri searches for explosives with the bomb disposal unit, he finds Mihan leader Norito Izawa (Ikki Sawamura) holding a gun and a dead woman's body laying in front of him.
#1 | 01/06/2020Episode 1
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
As a former elite detective of public security, Izawa who has been assigned a special mission to foresee crimes before they happen via the “Pre-Criminal Investigation System” begin another thrilling journey with his counterparts, Yamauchi and Odagiri. A breathtaking adventure awaits…
#2 | 01/13/2020Episode 2
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
After going missing during bailment, Izawa receives voluntary questioning from Hayakawa of the Metropolitan Police Department regarding the body of a former officer. Meanwhile, when he sees someone through the magic mirror, he becomes furious…
#3 | 01/20/2020Episode 3
Izawa goes to visit the prisoner who is serving his dues. Meanwhile, he believes that the murderer who killed his wife and daughter is not him...
#4 | 01/27/2020Episode 4
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
A new target rises in the horizon for Izawa and the investigation team, as a consultant who supports people who are planning on taking one’s own lives seems to be acting deviously with different intentions…
#5 | 02/03/2020Episode 5
Members of the Ministry of Justice, Metropolitan Police Dept. as well as a lawyer comes to meet Izawa and co for an inspection. Meanwhile, the members make a great deal of effort to please the inspectors presenting them with their recent results as well as their current investigations…
#6 | 02/10/2020Episode 6
After a serious murder incident committed by a 17-year old high-school student sends shockwaves, the pre-criminal investigation becomes the subject of controversy, as Izawa gets the blame for not picking it out much earlier…
#7 | 02/17/2020Episode 7
Even though Kosaka feels that she’s unable to be on level terms with Izawa, who has lived his life knowing that having a family would be difficult, she believes that they both have one mission in common, which is to seize criminal activity before they happen…
#8 | 02/24/2020Episode 8
The highly dangerous criminals who the pre-criminal investigation unit had been trying to investigate had already made a run. The criminals had comitted a series of crimes including trickey in the housing business through to a past murder incident which requires attention...
#9 | 03/02/2020Episode 9
In a intense situation whereby a terrorist bomb attack is about to occur, Kosaka suddenly disappears. Meanwhile, Izawa discovers that there are important data regarding this threat in her handheld PC…
#10 | 03/09/2020Episode 10
The terror plot for the summit has been successfully seized. However, the individual who is supposedly assumed to have been linked gets shot dead…
#11 | 03/16/2020Episode 11
Izawa and co realize the identity of the leader behind the terror plot. Meanwhile, the pre-criminal investigation unit realize a new individual with a potential threat…
07/09/2018Season 3 - 10 episodes
07/12/2011Season 2 - 11 episodes
04/13/2010Season 1 - 11 episodes
07/08/2011Specials - 2 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/13/2010
Last episode released on: 03/16/2020
Cast: Aya Ueto
Composer: Yuki Hayashi
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Zettai Reido"
"Zettai Reido - Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa"
"Absolute Zero: Special Investigation Unit"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:35792, Added: 12/03/2019, Last updated: 03/25/2024