SeriesSplatter & Gore Survival

Smoking2018

Name: Smoking
Genre: Splatter & Gore, Survival
Released: 2018-04-20
Rating: 6.9

Created by Hajime Gonno

6.9

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IMDb 7.3TMDB 6.9

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Year

2018

Seasons

Network

TV Tokyo

Status

Ended

The premise

Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled.

Horror Vault's take

In the shadowy margins of Japanese society, a group of outcasts has forged an unlikely brotherhood around a grim profession — killing those who deserve it and delivering grotesque proof of the deed. Rooted in yakuza crime and the darkest corners of manga storytelling, this live-action series does not flinch from extreme violence or the damaged histories that drive its characters. What emerges is less a straightforward crime thriller and more a savage meditation on justice, belonging, and the price of survival.

Content: Extreme Violence, Gore, Torture, Depictions Of Child Abuse, Graphic Depictions Of Bodily Mutilation

Episode Guide

· 4h 33m total· Apr 2018 → Jul 2018

S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere
Apr 20, 2018 · 22 min
Group leader Uncle Sabe obtains credible information that their next target, former yakuza member Sarukawa, may be hiding out deep in the mountains.
S1.E2 · Episode 2
Apr 27, 2018 · 23 min
Hifumin and Goro take a severely injured man in to their makeshift home. Uncle Sabe is kidnapped after refusing to work for a sadistic yakuza boss.
S1.E3 · Episode 3
May 4, 2018 · 23 min
Uncle Sabe's old friend Matsudo asks for help rescuing his elderly older brother from the criminally-run rest home he's been residing in.
S1.E4 · Episode 4
May 11, 2018 · 23 min
Hifumin, frustrated with being physically inferior to the other guys, asks for Goro's help when he sees his friend being abused by his step-father.
S1.E5 · Episode 5
May 18, 2018 · 23 min
The crew is hired to eliminate a thieving yakuza member, but Haccho hesitates when he finds the man hiding out with his innocent, young daughter.