Early development

Slate is in active development, so things change fast and might occasionally break.

Home Search Discover

A home for everything you watch.

In active development. Things change fast.

Explore

Home
Search
Discover
Trending
Showing

About

Privacy
Terms
TMDB

Support us

Ko-fi

Film and series data from TMDB, where to watch from JustWatch. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

A passion project by Christian Pedersen

Slate

Sign in

We'll email you a code to sign in, or to create your account if you're new.

Akagi (2015) | Slate

Akagi

Backdrop

Akagi

Poster

Rated 7.5 on TMDB

Akagi

アカギ

Akagi Shigeru is a young, white-haired mahjong genius. One summer in 1965, he ends up facing off against Washizu Iwao, Japan’s King of Darkness who has amassed enormous fortune and power, at the request of his acquaintance, the rogue detective Yasuoka. As the observer, Ogi Takeshi, a leader of the henchmen of Inada-gumi watches over them, mahjong with special rules called Washizu Mahjong begins. It is a life or death struggle with Akagi’s fresh blood and Washizu’s entire fortune at stake.

Status: Ended
First aired: 2015
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10 aired
Average episode: 1h 0m
Genres: Crime, Drama
Network: BS SKY PerfecTV!
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese

Direction and writing

Nobuyuki FukumotoComic Book

Seasons

Season 110 episodes

Cast

Kanata HongoShigeru Akagi（赤木しげる）
Masahiko TsugawaIwao Washizu（鷲巣巌）

MK

Mitsuru KubotaDirector

Hitoshi IwamotoDirector

Where to watch

Stream

Yoji TanakaTakeshi Ogi（仰木武司）

Satoshi JinboYasuoka（安岡）

Full cast and crew

Similar

Kaiji
Rated 8.1 on TMDB
Series, 2007
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
The Hitchhiker
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Series, 1983
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
Gone
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
Series, 2026
When a headmaster's wife goes missing, suspicion falls on him. Is he hiding something, or is there more to this case than meets the eye?
Power Book IV: Force
Rated 8.2 on TMDB
Series, 2022
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Mr Inbetween
Rated 8.3 on TMDB
Series, 2018
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
Troppo
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Series, 2022
An eccentric private investigator with a criminal past recruits a disgraced ex-cop to help solve the disappearance of a Korean tech pioneer in the wilds of Far North Queensland.