Hanzai Shokogun Season 1

Drama: Criminal Syndrome Season 1 (English title)
Romaji: Hanzai Shokogun Season 1
Japanese: 犯罪症候群 Season 1
Director: Shosuke Murakami, Junichi Tsuzuki
Writer: Tokuro Nukui (novel), Eriko Shinozaki, Junichiro Taniguchi
Network: Tokai TV
Episodes: 8
Release Date: April 8 - May 27, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 23:40
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
"Hanzai Shokogun" Season 1 and Season 2 follows Takashi Muto (Tetsuji Tamayama) and Mamoru Kabugari (Shosuke Tanihara) who lost the same person. She is the younger sister of Takashi Muto and the girlfriend of Mamoru Kabugari. "Season 1" focuses on Takashi Muto's story and "Season 2" focuses on Mamoru Kabugari.

Takashi Muto is a detective full of justice. When he was young, he lost his parents. He still has his younger sister whom he cares for a lot, but she is murdered. The killer is a minor and he is able to avoid punishment. Takashi decides to take revenge on him, but the murderer kills himself. Takashi quits his job as a detective. One year later, he takes on a special mission which the investigation division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department can not perform.

Cast
Tetsuji Tamayama
Shosuke Tanihara
Atsuro Watabe
Masahiro Komoto
Mimura
Mayu Tsuruta
Hiyori Sakurada
Jun Kaname
Sho Ikushima

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Hokuto

Drama: Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion (literal title)
Romaji: Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin
Japanese: 北斗 ある殺人者の回心
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer: Ira Ishida (novel), Tomoyuki Takimoto
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 5
Release Date: March 25 - April 22, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
As a child, Hokuto Hashizume (Yuma Nakayama) was abused severely by his own parents. He never experienced being loved. He stayed at a children's home and then as a teen he met his foster parent Ayako Kondo. For the first time, Hokuto learns what love is and feels happiness, but he becomes a murderer.

20-years-old Hokuto tells his lawyer “Please execute me.”

Cast
Yuma Nakayama
Suzuki Matsuo
Jun Murakami
Yuko Nakamura
Sairi Itoh
Satoshi Nikaido
Toshie Negishi
Go Riju
Kenichi Yajima
Fusako Urabe
Kensuke Owada
Anna Yamada
Yumiko Fujita
Ruki Ohnishi
Kyusaku Shimada

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Lookout

Drama: Lookout (working & literal title)
Revised romanization: Pasooggoon
Hangul: 파수꾼
Director: Son Hyeong-Seok
Writer: Kim Soo-Eun
Network: MBC
Episodes: 32
Release Date: May 22 - July 11, 2017
Runtime: Mondays & Tuesdays 22:00 (35 minutes each / 2 episodes per day)
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot
People lose loved ones in crimes and the criminals are not punished. The daily lives of these people are completely broken. They form a group to realize justice.

Cast
Lee Si-Young
Kim Young-Kwang
Kim Tae-Hoon
Kim Seul-Gi
Key
Choi Moo-Sung
Kim Sang-Ho
Park Joo-Hyung
Kim Sun-Young
Jung Suk-Yong
Seo Jae-Hyung
Shin Dong-Wook
Kim Jung-Young
Jeon Mi-Sun
Song Seon-Mi
Park Solomon
Lee Ji-Won

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Cold Case

Title: コールドケース
Title (English): Cold Case
Tagline: 真実の扉 / Shinjitsu no Tobira
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police crime drama
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-22 to 2016-Dec-24
Air time: Saturday 22:00

Synopsis
Set in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, "Cold Case" follows Yuri Ishikawa (Yo Yoshida) and her team as they try to crack unresolved cold cases.

Cast
Yoshida Yo as Ishikawa Yuri
Nagayama Kento as Takagi Shinjiro
Takito Kenichi as Tachikawa Daisuke
Mitsuishi Ken as Kaneko Toru
Miura Tomokazu as Motoki Hidetoshi
Miyazawa Kazufumi as Oe Tsuguhisa
Fujisawa Ema as Nakayama Chika
Hirata Kaoru as Ishikawa Saya

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Suishou no Kodou

Title: 水晶の鼓動
Title (romaji): Suishou no Kodou
Tagline: 殺人分析班 / Satsujin Bunsekihan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, mystery, crime
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-13 to 2016-Dec-11
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Related TV show: Ishi no Mayu (WOWOW, 2015)

Synopsis
Detective Kisaragi Toko of the Eleventh Section of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division was instrumental in solving the case of Tremi, the serial murderer who shocked Japan. Although one year has passed, the trauma she suffered at that time still strickens her. One day, a bizarre murder occurs in a room that has turned a deep red. Toko and Assistant Inspector Takano Hideaki proceed with the investigation based on clues left behind at the crime scene, but realise that they are being followed by a male stranger. The instant they attempt to arrest him, an explosion occurs at a nearby building. The police have to face an unprecedented crisis. Is this a coincide? And will Toko be able to overcome her greatest crisis as a detective? -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Kimura Fumino as Kisaragi Toko
Aoki Munetaka as Takano Hideaki
Watanabe Ikkei as Hayase Yasuyuki
Kitami Toshiyuki as Tokushige Eiji
Fujimoto Takahiro
Koyanagi Yu as Birukawa Keisuke
Furukawa Yuki as Yokoi
Kanno Misuzu as Kisaragi Atsuko
Katsumura Masanobu
Nakamura Toru as Kisaragi Isao

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Soshite, Dare mo Inaku Natta

Title: そして、誰もいなくなった
Title (romaji): Soshite, Dare mo Inaku Natta
Also known as: Lost ID
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime, suspense
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Jul-17 to 2016-Sep-11
Air time: Sunday 22:30
Theme song: Oni by CreepHyp

Synopsis
He is a brilliant system engineer who is an up-and-comer at his company. In his private life, he has a fiancée. Just when he was at the pinnacle of joy, he suddenly disappears from the face of the earth. "No, you're not Todo Shinichi." Even the name on his official family registry and certificate of residence has been changed. His bank accounts have been seized and his employment has been terminated on grounds that he is a missing person. Without an official family registry, he can't even get married. Did someone set him up? The suspect begins to emerge... Although Shinichi was left with nothing but loneliness, he won't allow himself to go down this way. He won't give up, no matter how much he is betrayed. He will keep believing in people. No matter what happens to him, he will not succumb. "I will uncover the truth, regardless of what it takes." No matter how many times he falls, Shinichi will get back up. -- NTV

Cast
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Todo Shinichi
Tamayama Tetsuji as Osanai Tamotsu
Nikaido Fumi as Kuramoto Sanae
Inoo Kei as Kusaka Eiji
Shison Jun as Itsuki Keita
Konno Hiroki as Saito Hiroshi
Endo Kaname as Todo Shinichi (fake)
Ono Nonoka as Nishino Yayoi
Sakurai Hinako (桜井日奈子) as Kimiie Saori
Mimura as Nagasaki Haruka
Koichi Mantaro as Baba
Jinbo Satoshi as Onizuka Takao
Hiromi as Tajima Tatsuo
Tsurumi Shingo as Saijo Shinji
Kuroki Hitomi as Todo Makiko

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Boku no Yabai Tsuma

Title: 僕のヤバイ妻
Title (romaji): Boku no Yabai Tsuma
Also known as: My Dangerous Wife
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, crime thriller
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 8.17%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-19 to 2016-Jun-14
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Mint by Amuro Namie
Opening theme: EMERGENCY by Anly

Synopsis
The wife had only wished for one thing, and one thing only... But when she realized that her wish would not come true, she began plotting a dreadful revenge on her husband.

Married to a beautiful wife from rich family and running his own café business which he started after leaving a major advertising agency, Mochizuki Kohei seemed to lead a picture-perfect life that anyone would be envious of. However, underneath the surface, Kohei was tired of having to do things to please his overly-controlling, manipulative wife Maria. To put an end to his misery, Kohei decides to kill his wife Maria and plots a murder with his lover. One day, as he comes home and finds what appears to be blood on the floor. Maria, however, is nowhere to be seen. Kohei then becomes the suspect in her possible murder. -- Fuji TV

Cast
Ito Hideaki as Mochizuki Kohei
Kimura Yoshino as Mochizuki Maria
Aibu Saki as Kitasato Anna
Asaka Kodai as Yabuki Yutaka
Mashima Hidekazu as Ogata Shogo
Kozono Ryo (小園凌央) as Fujiwara Ryuta
Kodama Kinuyo (児玉絹世) as Matsumoto Honoka
Sekiguchi Anam (関口アナム) as Kumagai Tsukasa
Kimura Midoriko as Kujirai Yuki
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Kogure Hisao
Takahashi Issei as Kujirai Kazuki
Sato Ryuta as Soma Seiichiro
Miyasako Hiroyuki as Yokomichi Masamichi
Yuui Ryoko as Mochizuki Kaori
Kiuchi Miyu (木内心結) as Mochizuki Kaede

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Kaito Yamaneko

Title: 怪盗 山猫
Title (romaji): Kaito Yamaneko
Title (English): Yamaneko the Phantom Thief
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, crime
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 10.72%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-16 to 2016-Mar-19
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: UNLOCK by KAT-TUN

Synopsis
What is justice? Is it about being kind? Or is it about winning? A certain man claims that "Justice is about robbing." Yamaneko is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, Yamaneko the hero thiefthrows a splash of “rotten justice” in your face. Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” Yamaneko is arrogant and acts like he's the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for Yamaneko. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.” Why does he steal? Just what is he all about? -- NTV

Cast
Kamenashi Kazuya as Yamaneko
Narimiya Hiroki as Katsumura Hideo
Hirose Suzu as Takasugi Mao
Nanao as Kirishima Sakura
Kitamura Yukiya as Todo Kenichiro
Otsuka Nene as Hosho Rikako
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Sekimoto Shugo
Nakamura Shizuka as Akamatsu Anri (ep2-)
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Inui (ep3-)

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Saigo no Shounin

Date: From 9.00 p.m., 24 January 2015
Scriptwriter: Yoshimoto Masahiro (Kageri Yuku Natsu, Team ~ Keishichou Tokubetsu Hanzai Sousa Honbu, Koukousei Restaurant)
Original Work: Saigo no Shounin by Yuzuki Yuko

Cast: 
Kamikawa Takaya, Matsushita Yuki, Kurashina Kana, Ishiguro Ken, Konno Mahiru, Hirata Mitsuru, Osugi Ren, Ibu Masato

Synopsis: 
Sakata Sadato (Kamikawa Takaya), who has his law practice in Tokyo, was a public prosecutor until 12 years ago. He resigned from his job at the District Public Prosecutors’ Office in order to carry out his own “justice”. His justice is to “let crimes be judged properly”. He specialises in criminal cases and has a reputation as a man of ability. One day, Sakata accepts a sudden and unexpected request, and sets foot in Yonezaki for the first time in many years with rookie lawyer, Kosaka Chihiro (Kurashina Kana). The person Sakata has been asked to defend is Shimazu Kuniaki (Osugi Ren), who was arrested and charged with a murder that occurred at a Yonezaki hotel. The start of the public hearing is the next day. Shimazu has extensive business in Yonezaki including a construction company, and is an influential man in the area. The victim is Hamada Mitsuko (Konno Mahiru), a woman whom he was rumoured to be having an affair with. All evidence including the fingerprints, bloodstains and security camera footage indicate that Shimazu is the criminal. He considered their relationship fooling around. Everyone believes Mitsuko pressed Shimazu to marry and that he stabbed her to death during a quarrel. However, Shimazu declares his innocence at a meeting with Sakata and Chihiro. He seems to have been searching for a capable lawyer and arrived at Sakata after indignantly dismissing his previous lawyer for wanting him to plead mitigating circumstances because that is unassailable. Chihiro assesses the case as a completely hopeless one, but Sakata has an intuition that something is being hidden behind the case and readily agrees to defend him. In truth, Yonezaki was once the district where Sakata worked as a public prosecutor and is also the place where the case that led to his resignation occurred. His superior at that time, Tsutsui Yoshio (Ibu Masato), has now been promoted to head of the Trial Division. The person in charge of this trial is Sakata’s peer, the ace public prosecutor Shouji Mao (Matsushita Yuki). The trial begins the next day. Mao reveals Mitsuko’s divorce with her husband, the general practitioner Watase Koji (Ishiguro Ken) after being immersed in the affair with Shimazu and skillfully corners the defence. She advices Sakata that it would be prudent for him to alter his tactics to seek a reduced sentence instead of recklessly insisting upon Shimazu’s innocence. Meanwhile, Sakata learns that Mitsuko’s son, an elementary school student, died in an accident seven years ago. He begins to reconsider the victim’s past in order to get through to the truth. However, there is no change in the situation which is not in his favour. Then, at the closing argument, the “last witness”, whom Sakata had summoned, takes the stand at last and an astonishing truth emerges … ..

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Kinkyuu Torishirabeshitsu SP - Onna Tomodachi

Title: 緊急取調室～女ともだち
Title (romaji): Kinkyuu Torishirabeshitsu - Onna Tomodachi
Format: Tanpatsu
Viewership ratings: 14.6%
Broadcast date: 2015-Sep-27
Air time: 21:00 - 23:10

Synopsis
Misawa Sanae (Saito Yuki), a newscaster for a news programme, comes to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Emergency Response Investigation Team in order to do a story on the special interrogation room where an enactment of an interrogation is underway. She feels a connection with Makabe Yukiko (Amami Yuki), the department’s only female who speaks passionately about the necessity of visualisation and being ready to fight fairly. “It seems we’ll be good friends,” she says in a loud voice and they shake hands firmly. This is what happened the day after. The Kintori receives a request to interrogate a suspect. This suspect is former hairdresser Yajima Satomi (Matsushita Yuki), who was just released yesterday morning from a women’s prison. She had served a six-year prison sentence for killing the boyfriend whom she started dating through a good friend’s introduction. In a mere three hours and fifteen minutes after her release on parole, she comes to turn herself, and says she “killed a person”. The murder weapon with Satomi’s fingerprints and skin on it as well as the dead body of a man are found at the location in accordance with her statement. However, the estimated time of death is one week ago. No matter how one thinks about it, it would have been impossible for Satomi to execute the crime while in prison. Why did she confesses to a crime that she did not commit? What truth is hidden beneath this lie!? Yukiko, who is in charge of the interrogation, attempts to determine the facts, but Satomi runs through her “confession”, and at the same time provokes a skeptical Yukiko. She finally suggests a live telecast of the interrogation as her terms to confess everything. However, Yukiko firmly refuses this. In order to get proof which will override the voluntary confession, the members of Kintori (Denden, Osugi Ren, Kohinata Fumiyo) run around to corroborate Satomi’s story on her movements in the three hours after her release. Meanwhile, Yukiko focuses on the high school graduation album that Satomi had in her possession when she turned herself in at the police station. She visits Satomi’s alma mater and obtains an unexpected clue which give her a fresh perspective in the investigation, but … They have just three days to interrogate Satomi. The Kintori make every effort to arrive at the truth in the meantime. But on the contrary, Satomi starts to confess to a second impossible crime instead of changing her confession … …

Cast
Amami Yuki as Makabe Yukiko
Tanaka Tetsushi as Kajiyama Katsutoshi
Denden as Hishimoto Susumu
Osugi Ren as Nakata Zenjiro
Kohinata Fumiyo as Koishikawa Haruo
Suzuki Kosuke as Kenmotsu Daijiro
Hayami Mokomichi as Watanabe Tetsuji

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Ishi no Mayu

Title: 石の繭
Title (romaji): Ishi no Mayu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, mystery, crime
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2015-Aug-16 to 2015-Sep-13
Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the criminal who calls himself Tremi during a meeting to discuss the investigation of the case. Then, in a short time after her transfer to the First Investigative Division, Kisaragi Toko becomes the negotiator. Tremi mocks and provokes the police while offering hints regarding the murder. A second murder soon occurs just as Tremi had warned. The victim's head has been covered with concrete as they had expected. What is the criminal's motive and why is the criminal fixated with concrete? The criminal's surprising actual target soon emerges... -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Kimura Fumino as Kisaragi Toko
Aoki Munetaka as Takano Hideaki
Watanabe Ikkei as Hayase Yasuyuki
Hira Takehiro as Kadowaki Hitoshi
Kitami Toshiyuki as Tokushige Eiji
Koyanagi Yu as Birukawa Keisuke
Furukawa Yuki as Yokoi
Kanno Misuzu as Kisaragi Atsuko
Danta Yasunori as Kamiya Taichi
Nakamura Toru as Kisaragi Isao

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Tokubou

Title: トクボウ
Title (romaji): Tokubou
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police drama
Episodes: 13
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-03 to 2014-Jun-26
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: HANDs by AAA

Synopsis
The world is filled with pests... fake food, high-school girls loitering aimlessly on the streets, "black" companies, illegal drugs... and they are not disappearing anytime soon. It is with this intention to eradicate these things that the Community Safety Bureau (CSB) was set up. One such person who continues the fight is Asakura Souhei, working at the CSB's Special Crime Prevention Division. A man that you wouldn't spare a second glance. However, he is good at putting such pests away, especially those that seem to be above the law. --NTV

Cast
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Asakura Souhei
Matsushita Kouhei as Tsuji Keiichi
Adachi Yumi as Kanou Miyuki
Takuma Takayuki as Kashiwagi Yukio

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The Snow White Murder Case (Shiro Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken)

Movie: The Snow White Murder Case
Romaji: Shiro Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken
Japanese: 白ゆき姫殺人事件
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Tamio Hayashi
Producer:
Cinematographer: Gen Kobayashi
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Yuji Akahoshi (Gou Ayano) for a television show. He receives a phone call from an old high school friend, Risako Kano (Misako Renbutsu). She tells him that her co-worker at a cosmetics compay was stabbed to death and then doused in flames. Yuji Akahoshi decides to interview workers at the company and others that knew the victim, Noriko Miki (Nanao), for his television show.
Yuji Akahoshi soon discovers that another co-worker, Miki Shirono (Mao Inoue) disappeared the same night of the murder. She was last seen running to the train station shortly after Noriko Miki's death. Yuji attempts to unravel the mystery of Miki Shirono.

Cast
Mao Inoue
Gou Ayano
Misako Renbutsu
Nanao
Shihori Kanjiya
Nobuaki Kaneko
Erena Ono
Mitsuki Tanimura
Shota Sometani
Katsuhisa Namase

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Outburn

1 DVD

Title: アウトバーン　
Title (romaji): Autobaan
Tagline: ～マル暴の女刑事・八神瑛子～
Tagline (romaji): ~Maru bou no Onna Keiji - Yagama Eiko~
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Crime
Episodes: 1
Viewership Rating: 10.8%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2014-Aug-09
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song:

Synopsis

Yagama Eiko is an investigator for the Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division. Moneylenders outside the jurisdiction are lending money to her colleagues interest free. However, what the lenders want in return is any valuable information the police have. Eiko will solve the case before anyone else.

Cast

Yonekura Ryoko as a criminal
Saito Takumi as Kai - young executive, gang member
Watabe Atsuro as Tominaga - chief of police
Jinnai Takanori as Totsuka - Lientenant, assistant to gangsters
Aoyagi Sho as Izawa - young criminal investigator
Toda Keiko as Noshiro - head of criminal investigation at Tokyo MPD
Nishimura Masahiko as Management of government and Sawaki investigation Section 1
Nishida Toshiyuki as Chinami boss of gangsters
Miyagawa Ichirota (宮川一郎太) as Tanabe - criminal investigator of Tokyo MPD
Terashima Susumu (寺島進) as Kawakami - group leader of Section 1

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ST

(3 DVD)

Tagline: 赤と白の捜査ファイル
Tagline (romaji): Aka to Shirou no Sousa Paire
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 10
Broadcast period: 2014-Jul-16 to 2014-Sep-17
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Taiyou by Franky Kato

Synopsis
The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Akagi works as an analyst on the ST team. He won't appear in front of others, but his colleagues trust him as a leader. Yurine is tasked to manage the ST team. He experiences difficulties in dealing with the team. Meanwhile, the ST team come into conflict with other detectives at the police department over an indiscriminate gun firing case and a grotesque murder case. This forces Akagi to appear in front others. Akagi and Yurine work together to solve the case.

Cast
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Akagi Samon
Okada Masaki as Yurine Tomohisa
Shida Mirai as Aoyama Sho
Ashina Sei as Yuki Midori
Kubota Masataka as Kurosaki Yuji
Miyake Hiroki as Yamabuki Saizo
Yuki Jutta as Takagaki Keiji
Hayashi Kento as Takanashi Kumicho
Tanaka Tetsushi as Kikukawa Goro
Watabe Atsuro as Saegusa Toshiro

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River Edge Okawabata Detective Agency

Title: リバースエッジ 大川端探偵社
Title (romaji): River's Edge Ookawabata Tanteisha
Also known as: River Edge Okawabata Detective Agency
Genre: Drama, crime, mystery
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-18 to 2014-Jul-11
Air time: Friday 24:12
Theme song: Neon Sign Stomp by EGO-WRAPPIN'
Ending theme song: Sunny Side Melody by EGO-WRAPPIN'

Synopsis

Set in Asakusa, along the Sumida river amongst all the multi-tenanted residential and commercial buildings, there is a company by the name of "Ookawabata Tanteisha". It is a small private investigators' agency, run by 3 people. Muraki, who is the licensed investigator; the "Director", who has ties with the underworld; and Megumi, the candid and bubbly pretty receptionist. Their customers are from all walks of life, and some come with the strangest requests, and yet none are turned away. In the course of their investigations, they come in contact with the people related to the clients, and they end up trying to resolve their relationship problems.

Cast

Odagiri Joe as Muraki
Koizumi Maya (小泉麻耶) as Megumi
Ishibashi Renji as Director

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Bitter Blood

Title: ビター・ブラッド
Title (romaji): Bitter Blood
Title (tagline): ～最悪で最強の親子刑事～ / ~ Saiaku de Saikyo no Oyako Keiji ~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Family
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 10.7
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-15 to 2014-Jun-24
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Do You Ever Shine? by Mayday

Synopsis

Sahara Natsuki is the new rookie at the Ginza Police Department First Division. His father, Shimao Akimura, is a veteran in the same division, and Natsuki is assigned to be his new partner.

Cast

Sato Takeru as Sahara Natsuki
Watabe Atsuro as Shimao Akimura
Kutsuna Shiori as Maeda Hitomi
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Inaki Toshifumi
Tanaka Tetsushi as Koga Hisashi
Minagawa Sarutoki as Togashi Kaoru
KEIJI as Takano Koji
Takahashi Katsumi as Kagiyama Kensuke
Hirose Suzu as Sahara Shinobu
Kusamura Reiko as Yamamura Machi
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Kaiduka Takehisa
Furukawa Yuki

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MOZU ~ Mozu no Sakebu Yoru ~

Title: MOZU

Tagline: ~ 百舌の叫ぶ夜 ~

Tagline (romaji): ~ Mozu no Sakebu Yoru ~

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Suspense, crime

Episode: 10

Subtitle: English

DVD: 3

Synopsis

Kuraki Naotake is the top ace of the Public Safety Department. Osugi Ryota is a top-notch straight-talking detective from the MPD. Akeboshi Misa is an investigator from the Public Safety Department. Together, the 3 of them investigate on the bombing incident in Shinjuku. Naotake had specifically requested to be on the investigation team as he had lost his wife in the said incident.

Cast

Nishijima Hidetoshi as Kuraki Naotake

Kagawa Teruyuki as Osugi Ryota

Maki Yoko as Akeboshi Misa

Namase Katsuhisa as Muroi Gen

Yoshida Kotaro as Nakagawa Jin

Ito Atsushi as Narumiya Keisuke

Arimura Kasumi as Nakajima Ami

Ikematsu Sosuke as Shingai Kazuhiko

Okunuki Kaoru as Kurusu Toshitada

Toda Masahiro as Wakamatsu Tadahisa

Tsurumi Shingo as Murase Tatsuomi

Sometani Nishota (染谷将太) as Minami Takayuki

Taguchi Hiromasa as Akai Nobuteru

Tanaka Yoji as Kakei Shunzo

Horiuchi Keiko as Osugi Keiko

Sugisaki Hana as Osugi Megumi

Otozuki Kei as Akehoshi Kaori

Abe Tsuyoshi as Muranishi Satoru

Sagawa Tetsuro (瑳川哲朗) as Morihara Kengo

Shinagawa Toru as Terakado Mamoru

Hasegawa Hiroki as Higashi Kazuo

Ishida Yuriko as Kuraki Chihiro

Kohinata Fumiyo as Tsuki Shunsuke

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Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu

3 DVD

Title: 福家警部補の挨拶
Title (romaji): Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 9.6%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-14 to 2014-Mar-25
Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Synopsis

Based on the character from the same-titled novel by Ohkura Takahiro, the drama focuses on Assistant Inspector Fukuie, and the murder cases that she handles. Her supervisor, Inspector Ishimatsu, is often exasperated by her unorthodox investigation methods, but as all the glory garnered by her case closures are shared by him, he tolerates her eccentricity.

Cast

Dan Rei as Assistant Inspector Fukuie
Inagaki Goro as Inspector Ishimatsu
Emoto Tokio as Forensics Official Nioka
Nakamoto Ken (中本賢) as Assistant Inspector Tadokoro
Saito Yusuke (斉藤佑介) as Forensics Murakami Junichi

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Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu

(3 DVD)

Title: 緊急取調室
Title (romaji): Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police
Episodes: 9
Viewership rating: 12.9%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-9 to 2014-Mar-13
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Door by JUJU

Synopsis

Makabe Yukiko worked her way up from a rookie officer to her current investigator level. Recently, she had just been transferred to the "Emergency Interrogation Department", nicknamed as Kintori. Her colleagues are all men, and each of them have their own idiosyncrasies. Their job is to get the information from the suspects, and try to psycho-analyse them at the same time. Yukiko herself has an unsolved cold case that she is secretly investigating still... - TV Asahi


Cast

Amami Yuki as Makabe Yukiko
Hayami Mokomichi as Watanabe Tetsuji
Tanaka Tetsushi as Kajiyama Katsutoshi
Denden as Hishimoto Susumu
Osugi Ren as Nakata Zenjiro
Kohinata Fumiyo as Koishikawa Haruo
Suzuki Kosuke as Kenmotsu Daijiro
Kusakari Masao as Gouhara Masanao
Sasai Eisuke as Soma Kazunari

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