BORDER: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ishikawa Ango is a detective with smarts and a keen sense of observation. He's in a great physical shape and also highly ambitious. Ango also only focuses on his work and his personal life is pretty much non-existent.

One day, a former police officer is killed by a gun shot. Ango goes to the scene of the crime, but is shot in the head by the killer who is lurking at the crime scene. Ango hovers between life and death. At that time, he thinks to himself "where do people go after they die?" and then "I don't want to die." A miracle then happens. Ango survives with the bullet still lodged in his head. He goes back to work.

A new murder case takes place. When Ango goes to the crime scene he notices a boy who looks like he is about to cry, but only Ango is able to see the boy. The boy is the one who was killed. Since Ango was shot, he can now see and talk with the dead.

Series details

• Title: BORDER
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2014-04-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-06-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 20489
• TVDB ID: 278345

Cast and credited roles

• Shun Oguri — Ishikawa Ango
• Munetaka Aoki — Yuma Tachibana

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-10; final listed air date 2014-06-05; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from BORDER 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.