Ninth Step Murders

In a near-future Tokyo, a Japanese investigator and US peacekeeper reluctantly join forces to solve a series of bizarre murders.  Season 2 out now!


It's 2033 and Tokyo, partially occupied by China, is in a state of fear, distrust, and drone-enforced surveillance. When Detective Miyako Koreda is paired with Lieutenant Emma Higashi of the US Peacekeeping force, Miyako is annoyed by the obviously American-backed PR stunt. But as the city is ailed by a rise in gruesome crimes, Miyako and her new partner must quickly learn to trust each other as they race against the clock to investigate each case —which range from a missing shipment of dangerous weapons to a faceless body on the subway platform — all while dealing with frequent blackouts, local gangs, and underground resistance forces.


Ninth Step Murders is a Realm production, written by Malka Older, Curtis C. Chen, Jacqueline Koyanagi, and Fran Wilde. Listen Away. 


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1
Introducing Undertow: Narcosis
This week, we would like to introduce you to Undertow: Narcosis, a new show from Realm
18 min
2
S2 E10 - Rain of Drones
After Emma is arrested for Charles Yardley’s crimes, Miyako races to stop his plan to plunge Tokyo into chaos.
59 min
3
S2 E9 - The Driven Bullets
Someone is killing off Nakajima-kai members with mini-drones. Emma suspects she knows who’s responsible.
44 min
4
S2 E8 - The Masked Dancer
A dancer is viciously murdered during a festival. Meanwhile, things are getting complicated for the resistance and the Nakajima-kai.
65 min
5
S2 E7 - Assassination Market
Assassins pick up hits from message poles in Tokyo’s night markets. It looks like Emma isn’t the only one after Charles Yardley.
56 min
6
S2 E6 - The Memory of Love
WE CAN REMEMBER IT FOR YOU. After a mysterious death, Emma and Miyako stumble into the strange world of memory recording.
72 min
7
S2 E5 - The Scarred Youth
In the midst of solving the murders of two young runaways, Miyako takes on a dangerous assignment from the resistance.
66 min
8
S2 E4 - Blood in the Water
Emma and Miyako take a relaxing hot spring vacation. Unfortunately, murder isn’t confined to Tokyo.
65 min
9
S2 E3 - The Acid Detail
Detectives Liu and Wong are back to help solve a series of grisly murders. Miyako takes her first job for the resistance.
64 min
10
S2 E2 - The Absent Artifacts
An old case returns when an invisibility cloak is used to steal swords. Meanwhile, Emma hunts for Santiago’s killer.
66 min
11
S2 E1 - The Spiked Cocktail
Emma and Miyako race to solve a bizarre poisoning as the Nakajima-kai’s influence in Tokyo spreads.
62 min
12
Introducing Ninth Step Murders Season 2
Ninth Step Murders Season 2 premieres February 2022.
1 min
13
S1 E10 - The Foreign Mischief
“Our job is to solve murders.” As terrorists and the Chinese army attack in Tokyo, Emma and Miyako must decide what really matters.
84 min
14
S1 E9 - The Assassin's Nest
A deadly attack threatens to tear Tokyo’s fragile peace to shreds.
79 min
15
S1 E8 - The Clawed Limb
When a man obsessed with body modifications attacks his girlfriend, he says his hand has a mind of its own. Yeah, right. Right?
77 min
16
S1 E7 - The Loud Politician
A politician is dead. Two of her colleagues were caught on tape saying they wanted to kill her. Case closed. Right?
73 min
17
S1 E6 - The Stolen Xiǎohái
The child of a Chinese diplomat disappears, and Emma and Miyako are on the case, with a little unwanted help from the other side of the drone curtain.
78 min
18
S1 E5 - The Deadly Defection
Miyako and Emma must untangle whether a man who shot a woman on the street is a defector, or a murderer.
79 min
19
S1 E4 - The Blackout Killer
Power failures are a fact of life in post-war Tokyo. But now, someone is waiting in the dark.
90 min
20
S1 E3 - The Fallen Executive
A powerful corporate chairman crashes to his death on a Tokyo sidewalk. Is it suicide? Or murder?
80 min
21
S1 E2 - The Bodiless Arm
A severed arm leads Miyako and Emma into the world of extreme body modders, with a side dish of organized crime.
96 min
22
S1 E1 - The Faceless Body
In a city divided by war, a Tokyo cop and a US peacekeeper are brought together by murder, missing guns, and politics way above their pay grades.
90 min
23
Introducing Ninth Step Murders
Ninth Step Murders premieres Fall 2021.
1 min