20 Japanese Spy Series to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 Japanese spy series, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
Security Police
SP, also known as Security Police is a Japanese television drama based on the real life security police unit of Japan which is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign VIPs. The series script was written by famed GO author Kazuki Kaneshiro and marks his first time writing for a television drama. The drama centers on a newly recruited SP officer named Kaoru Inoue, who is the only SP officer known in the force to have sharp senses that enables him to conduct his duties by using this ESP sense to take down the threat before it appears to threaten the VIP and the civilians who are caught in the middle. The franchise consists of the TV series, two film adaptations of the series released in 2010 and 2011 with an ongoing manga adaptation.
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2TV Series
MOZU
An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake. While trying to find why his wife was being implicated in the explosion case, Kuraki comes into contact with Public Security sergeant Akeboshi Miki and Metropolitan Police Department inspector Osugi Ryota who are also investigating this case.
3TV Series
CRISIS: Special Security Squad
Inami and Tamaru work at the Public Security Mobile Investigation Unit Special Investigation Team, a team made up of specialists with different expertise. Inami tackles criminals with showy maneuvers, while Tamaru corners criminals with cool calculation. Together, the team tackles terrorists, new religious cults, military spies, secret narcotics organisations and complicit politicians.
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4TV SeriesVivant
2023★ 7.4
5TV SeriesSPY x FAMILY
2022★ 8.5
6TV SeriesJOKER GAME
2016★ 6.7
7TV SeriesPrincess Principal
2017★ 7.3
8TV SeriesSpy Classroom
2023★ 6.1
9TV SeriesRelease the Spyce
2018★ 7.0
10TV Series009-1
2006★ 5.7
11TV SeriesGolgo 13
2008★ 7.0
12TV SeriesLupin the 3rd
1971★ 8.0
13TV SeriesGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002★ 8.2
14TV SeriesDarker than Black
2007★ 7.5
15TV SeriesNoir
2001★ 6.7
16TV SeriesPhantom: Requiem for the Phantom
2009★ 7.0
17TV SeriesACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
2017★ 7.3
18TV SeriesNight Raid 1931
2010★ 5.3
19TV SeriesTerror in Resonance
2014★ 7.8
20TV SeriesGreat Pretender
2020★ 7.5
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 Japanese spy series, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
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