Absolute Zero: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Japanese government carries out a secret project which entails collection of all personal information on its citizens. The data is then analyzed to determine who will likely commit serious crimes in the future and also discover details about their future crimes. Detectives go undercover to find out that information.

Norito Izawa is a former elite detective at the security bureau. Due to a case, he was demoted to the documentation section of the general affairs department. Troublemakers at the National Police Agency are normally found in the documentation section. The troublemakers are purposely sent to to the documentation section to carry out the government's secret project.

Series details

• Title: Absolute Zero
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2010-04-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37915
• IMDb ID: tt1614320
• TVDB ID: 163321

Cast and credited roles

• Aya Ueto — Izumi Sakuragi
• Yamaguchi Sayaka — Ryôko Takamine
• Tomomi Maruyama — Yûki Fukazawa
• Kitagawa Hiromi — Sae Ômori
• Ryo Kimura — Shô Takebayashi
• Kenta Kiritani — Shinjiro Takigawa
• Hiroyuki Miyasako — Keigo Tsukamoto
• Takeo Nakahara — Shintarô Shiraishi
• Tetta Sugimoto — Takumi Kurata
• Ikki Sawamura — Norito Izawa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-04-13; final listed air date 2010-06-22; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 2011-07-12; final listed air date 2011-09-20; episode order: 11.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-07-09; final listed air date 2018-09-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2020-01-06; final listed air date 2020-03-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Absolute Zero on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.