Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.
Skyggesiden (The Shadow Side) goes into detail with the biggest current crime cases - in the company of two of Denmark's most seasoned and knowledgeable crime journalists, Janni Pedersen and Carsten Norton.
The story begins in 1993, a few months after a series of blasts in Mumbai that had shaken the whole country. A senior cop of Delhi police, Samarth Kaushik, gets involved in a mysterious revelation. A parallel investigation is taking place in Allahabad, over the killing of a customs officer a few months back. There are two common connections between all the cases, Bombay Blasts, and Kathmandu.
This series is a spin-off of Squadra Antimafia and tells the story of Rosy Abate, believed dead in an explosion, but actually lives in Liguria under a new identity. Her new life turns upside down when she learns that her son Leonardo is still alive.
Shakespeare's darkest tragedy in a modern retelling of family betrayal and horse carriages.
Based on a true story, light is shed on the incredible, absurd, striking realities of life and Turkey through the “kingdom of the carriage” in Büyükada.
Julie Walters stars as a mother dealing with the impact of the sudden murder of her 21 year old son. Each episode follows her story and also focuses on specific characters whose lives are transformed by the event – the journalist who is covering the story; the Indian newsagent who used to sell the victim his fags; and the passerby who happened across his body.
Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison launches a new investigation into Herb Baumeister decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister's stately home. Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims' families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing.
Acclaimed war journalist Guy Foster finds himself in the company of odd and sinister people after getting engaged to the mysterious Melissa McKensie. Soon, he'll become a suspect in a series of grisly murders and will have to solve them to clear his name.
Tokiwa plays a sharp tongued reporter for a major daily newspaper. She was demoted to a sleazy tabloid as a punishment for breaking the reporter's code of conduct. While working in the tabloid, she discovered that she has the freedom of uncovering the truth behind a murder case.
On a military base a corpse is found in an old shaft. This crime seems to have a connection with a still unsolved case 25 years ago. Swedish series consisting of six episodes, sequel to the critically acclaimed Graven.
1837: Another year of the grueling Caucasian war. A young officer, Grigory Pechorin, was sent into exile to the active army for participating in a duel. Here in the Caucasus, Pechorin will have to become an unwitting participant in rapidly unfolding events - a fight with smugglers, the abduction of a young Circassian princess, another duel. And when the whole world turns against Pechorin, and a close friend falls by his hand, he will continue his journey alone, a hero, a product of the new age...
A police captain and his team risk everything to dismantle a powerful counterfeit money network, only to find betrayal close to home and multiple hidden sources behind the scheme.
Tandav is the coming together of different worlds under the gamut of politics. It is a dramatic take of the powerplay between people at the highest level where they get overthrown by others to secure their position. Young and upcoming student politicians are also featured and we get to see where their future is headed in this dark abyss of politics.
6 mismatched individuals gel in a unique way to produce compelling music like never before. However, misunderstandings break the band. At present, an unwelcome entry of an intruder has given them the opportunity to reminisce their past.
35-year-old Hanada Yoneko is a detective of Ryogoku Police Precinct who is looking for a marriage partner. She swings between love and justice as she pursues cases with her partner, Fujioka Tsutsuji. Yoneko will not turn a blind eye to crime. In addition, she wants to be happy. But for some reason, all the handsome men she likes turn out to be criminals.
Ryo, a college student who is about to drop out of college and is scolded by his father at home, spends his days in depression. One day, he plans a cannabis thief with a group of three bad friends.