The Journey to Killing You (2025)

Crime · Drama · Romance

Ordered to guard—and secretly kill—his underboss, a vengeful yakuza begins to fall for the very man he swore to destroy.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (456 votes)
Episode average: 8.6 +0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Masanari Wada Kinji Kataoka
Hiroto Takahashi Ren Odashima
Shintaro Yuya Keito Kirii
Keisuke Teranaka Genichiro Kumakura
Ryoka Minamide
Tomohisa Yuge

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

8.57 avg 6 episodes 8.2 → 8.5 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	8.2	20
2	Episode #1.2	8.2	19
3	Episode #1.3	9.1	22
4	Episode #1.4	8.6	15
5	Episode #1.5	8.8	19
6	Episode #1.6	8.5	16