Best Japanese TV Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Japanese TV Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 17 titles in category code 1138506. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Erased (2016)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2016. Satoru Fujinuma can travel back in time to save others' lives.
2. Durarara!! (2010)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2010. A young man looking for excitement moves to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, where he finds a world of mystery in which the past and present mesh.
3. Unfair (2006)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2006. A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.
4. EDEN OF THE EAST (2009)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2009. Waking naked outside the White House, Akira Takizawa has no memory -- and his only clues are the gun and cell phone he holds in his hands.
5. Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2016. Unconfident loner Atsushi Nakajima joins the Armed Detective Agency, a group of operatives who fight Port Mafia with their supernatural abilities.
6. SIGNAL (2018)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018. Fifteen years apart, two driven detectives work together to crack an unsolved kidnapping case and rewrite history.
7. Crisis: Special Security Squad (2017)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2017. Tasked with investigating special threats to the country, agents Akira Inami and Saburo Tamaru race against time to uphold order and find justice.
8. Border (2014)
From 2014. After a near-death experience, a stoic cop is suddenly able to see the dead, adding a new dimension to his investigations.
9. My Dangerous Wife (2016)
From 2016. A dissatisfied husband decides to kill his wife but returns home to find she's been kidnapped ...
10. Unfair the Special: Double Meaning -A Chain Reaction (2015)
From 2015, 1h 49m. Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child.