Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled.
Smoking (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2018-04-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Group leader Uncle Sabe obtains credible information that their next target, former yakuza member Sarukawa, may be hiding out deep in the mountains.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2018-04-27
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Hifumin and Goro take a severely injured man in to their makeshift home. Uncle Sabe is kidnapped after refusing to work for a sadistic yakuza boss.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2018-05-04
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Uncle Sabe's old friend Matsudo asks for help rescuing his elderly older brother from the criminally-run rest home he's been residing in.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2018-05-11
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Hifumin, frustrated with being physically inferior to the other guys, asks for Goro's help when he sees his friend being abused by his step-father.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2018-05-18
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: The crew is hired to eliminate a thieving yakuza member, but Haccho hesitates when he finds the man hiding out with his innocent, young daughter.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2018-05-25
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A concerned Matsudo informs Uncle Sabe that psychotic killer Nodoguro has escaped prison with assistance from The Cleaner.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2018-06-01
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Sunaji, chairman of the organization known as The Cleaner, asks Sabe to come back to them. Goro takes a liking to Minami, a bento store employee.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2018-06-08
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: A young man asks Uncle Sabe to kill his boss, Hitoe Shiwasu, who happens to be a former Smoking client. Haccho is sent out to investigate further.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2018-06-15
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: With Minami missing, Kenuma lures Goro to an undisclosed location. Meanwhile, the other members recall Goro's turbulent past.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2018-06-22
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Uncle Sabe asks Sunaji where Goro is. Kenuma tries to pit the Smoking crew against one another by revealing Sabe's dark past.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2018-06-29
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: After tragedy strikes, Uncle Sabe announces he is disbanding the crew. He opens up about his past ties with Sunaji and The Cleaner.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2018-07-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Learning that Kenuma has abducted one of his crew, Uncle Sabe heads to The Cleaner's hideout, determined to bring an end to it all.
