Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu 2

Title: 緊急取調室
Title (romaji): Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu 2
Also known as: Emergency Interrogation Room 2
Genre: Police
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 13.97%
Broadcast period: 2017-Apr-20 to 2017-Jun-15
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Saigo wa Kanarazu Seigi ga Katsu by AI

Synopsis
Makabe Yukiko is a detective in the First Investigative Division’s Emergency Investigation Response Team. They are a team of interrogation experts that goes by the name of Kintori. Surrounded by idiosyncratic veteran interrogators (Tanaka Tetsushi, Denden, Osugi Ren, Kohinata Fumiyo), she pursues the truth hidden behind cases as she plays mind and word games with tough criminals.

Cast
Amami Yuki as Makabe Yukiko
Tanaka Tetsushi as Kajiyama Katsutoshi
Hayami Mokomichi as Watanabe Tetsuji
Suzuki Kosuke as Kenmotsu Daijiro
Ohkura Koji as Iwaki Kazuhisa
Mikami Ichiro (三上市朗)
Denden as Hishimoto Susumu
Osugi Ren as Nakata Zenjiro
Kohinata Fumiyo as Koishikawa Haruo
Nakamura Shizuka as Kayano
Ikushima Yuki (生島勇輝) as Shinji
Mita Yoshiko as Shirakawa Tamiko (ep1)
Tsuruta Mayu (ep6)

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Keishichou Zero-gakari

Name: 警視庁ゼロ係
Title (romaji): Keishichou Zero-gakari
Tagline: 生活安全課なんでも相談室 / Seikatsu Anzenka Nandemo Soudanshitsu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police comedy
Episodes: 7
Viewership ratings: 6.74%
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-15 to 2016-Feb-26
Air time: Friday 20:00
Theme song: SNIFF OUT by Kobukuro

Synopsis
The newly established “Consultation for Anything Office” in the Community Safety Division at Suginami Central Police Station of the Metropolitan Police Department was touted as being “newly established in an attempt to respond quickly to the citizens’ voice,” but in actuality, it was a dumpsite for personnel who caused trouble or were cast aside. “Zero multiplied by any number is zero.” In other words, it meant that no matter how many worthless employees get together, they’re still worthless, and they come to be mocked by other police station members as “Section Zero.” To this Section Zero transfers in the enigmatic Kobayakawa Fuyuhiko, a career superintendent from the National Police Agency’s National Research Institute of Police Science. Fuyuhiko, in spite of being a career bureaucrat, is naive and the ultimate KY (people who can’t read situations) detective. The person who gets assigned as his buddy is the strong minded veteran detective with a foul mouth, Terada Torami. Unexpectedly, the “ultimate KY” detective becomes a catalyst for the trouble children gathered at Section Zero and brings about a chemical reaction. The two who don’t see eye to eye on anything, along with the very unique fellow members of Section Zero, lead various difficult cases to resolution, at times brilliantly, and at times ineptly. -- TV Tokyo

Cast
Koizumi Kotaro as Kobayakawa Fuyuhiko
Matsushita Yuki as Terada Torami
Adachi Yumi as Honjo Yasuko
Kinoshita Takayuki (木下隆行) as Sakuraba Yusaku
Harada Natsuki as Anchi Risako
Tezuka Toru as Furukawa Yusuke
Rokkaku Shinji as Aoyama Susumu
Horii Arata as Nakajima Atsuo
Kishi Asuka (岸明日香) as Samejima Yayoi
Terajima Susumu as Iwase Koichiro
Ishimaru Kenjiro as Tanimoto Keizo
Kato Cha as Kuninaka Harukichi
Osugi Ren as Kameyama Yoshio

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The Last Cop

Drama: The Last Cop
Romaji: The Last Cop
Japanese: THE LAST COP ラストコップ
Director: Ryuichi Inomata, Noriyoshi Sakuma, Hiroto Akashi, Makoto Naganuma
Writer: Robert Dannenberg, Stefan Scheich, Tomoharu Sato
Network: NTV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: October 8 - December 10, 2016
Runtime: Saturday 21:00 - 21:54
TV Ratings: 8.3%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
30 years ago, Kosuke Kyogoku (Toshiaki Karasawa) was a young police officer. He went after the dangerous criminal Kagura, but had an accident and fell into a coma.

Now, 30 years later, Kosuke wakes up from his coma. He is now in his 50's and the world has completely changed. He begins to work again as a cop and partners with young detective Ryota (Masataka Kubota). Ryota is geeky and timid, while Kosuke is brash and aggressive. Their new story begins.

Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
Masataka Kubota
Nozomi Sasaki
Tomoka Kurokawa
Satoru Matsuo
Ryosei Tayama
Magi
Ichirota Miyagawa
Shiro Sano
Emi Wakui
Fumiyo Kohinata
Naohito Fujiki
Ryoma Takeuchi
Hinako Sakurai
Rena Takeda
Sairi Itoh

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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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On: Special Agent Hinako Todo

Drama: On / On: Special Agent Hinako Todo
Romaji: ON Ijo Hanzai Sosakan Todo Hinako
Japanese: ON 異常犯罪捜査官・藤堂比奈子
Director: Keiichiro Shiraki
Writer: Ryo Naito (novel), Kazunao Furuya
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Release Date: July 12, 2016 --
Runtime: Tuesdays 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Hinako Todo (Haru) is a rookie detective assigned to the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. She became a detective, because she wants to find the boundary between people who kill and those that do not.

She always carries with her a shichimi (pepper powder) bottle which was left by her late mother. She sprinkles the shichimi onto everything she eats. One day, Hinako and her colleague detectives go to an area where a body was found. The case is presumed to be a suicide case, but the dead man is a suspect in an unsolved murder case. The man died in the same manner as the victim in the unsolved murder case.

Cast
Haru
Yu Yokoyama
Jun Kaname
Atsuro Watabe
Kento Hayashi
Mieko Harada
Tsutomu Takahashi
Saku Momose
Ryo Sato
Kaoru Okunuki
Shinji Saito
Ken Mitsuishi
Nozomi Sasaki

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Dias Police: Ihou Keisatsu

Drama: Dias Police: Ihou Keisatsu
Romaji: Dias Police: Ihou Keisatsu
Japanese: ディアスポリス-異邦警察-
Director: Masanori Tominaga, Katsuhito Mogi, Tetsuya Mariko, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Writer: Takashi Nagasaki (manga), Shinichi Sugimura (manga)
Network: TBS, MBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: April 12, 2016 --
Runtime: Tuesdays 24:50-25:10
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is not involved with, a hospital that is not authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and an illegals police force called "Dias Police." The only police officer in the organisation is Saki Kubozuka (Shota Matsuda). His age and nationality is unknown. Saki Kubozuka does not speak much, but he has a warm heart and strong sense of justice. He takes care of the weak and tries to maintain public order.

Cast
Shota Matsuda
Kenta Hamano
Shingo Yanagisawa
Yoshio Kou
Marie
Rila Fukushima
Tatsuya Nakamura
Kaho
Sumire Ashina
Konta

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Specialist (2016)

Title: スペシャリスト
Title (English): Specialist
Genre: Police, suspense
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 12.55%
Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-14 to 2016-Mar-17
Air time: Thursday 21:00

Synopsis
Yoshito (Kusanagi) is transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department from Kyoto. He is assigned to work in a department that doesn't even have a name. A young female detective, Maria (Watanabe), begins to work with Yoshito. Maria’s uncle is the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency and she seems to have another secret.

Cast
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Takuma Yoshito
Minami Kaho as Anekoji Chinami
Ashina Sei as Matsubara Yuiko
Wada Masato as Nogata Nozomu
Natsuna as Azuma Maria
Hiraoka Yuta as Horikawa Kohei
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Takido Hiroki

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Higanbana: Onnatachi no Hanzai Fairu (2014)

TV Movie: Higanbana - Women's Crime File (literal title)
Romaji: Higanbana: Onnatachi no Hanzai Fairu
Japanese: ヒガンバナ～女たちの犯罪ファイル～
Director: Taro Otani
Writer: Tomoko Yoshizawa
Network: NTV
Episodes: 1
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Runtime: Friday 21:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department creates a new division which consists of 5 female detectives. The new division is called Higanbana which is a flower with a poison root. The 5 female detective have their own specialties and sensitivities. The women try to solve a murder that took place at the wedding of a female doctor.

Detective Nagisa Kinomiya (Maki Horikita) is a member of Higanbana. She has the special ability of sensing a criminal’s murderous intent and ill will.

Cast
Maki Horikita - Nagisa Kinomiya
Rei Dan - Yukino Minegishi (Nagisa’s buddy)
Kang Ji-Young - Kaoruko Nagami
Rin Takanashi - Rin Ito
You - Sachiko Yanagi
Mao Daichi - Sumire Segawa (administrator of division “Higanbana”)
Tetta Sugimoto - Tsutomu Mikami
Takehiro Kimoto - Goro Kuroda
Tomohiro Ichikawa - Kazuya Higashino
Keiko Takahashi - Yuriko Kawai
Shiro Sano - Yuzo Shindo
Shinichiro Uchida - forensics

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Specialist 4

TV Movie: Specialist 4
Romaji: Supesharisuto 4
Japanese: スペシャリスト4
Director: Go Shichitaka
Writer: Masashi Todayama
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 1
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Runtime: Saturday 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) becomes famous in Kyoto because of his ability to solve cases. The special investigation unit receives a request to investigate. The case revolves around the kidnapping of a costumed performer. His plays a non-official character of the Arashiyama area, located on the western outskirts of Kyoto. Nobody takes the kidnapping case seriously, but Yoshito says the case could be real and it might be related to a crowdfunding site.

Cast
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kaho Minami
Sei Ashina
Kenta Satoi
Mahiru Konno
Yoji Tanaka
Yuta Hiraoka
Kyoko Enami
Ren Osugi

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Specialist 3

TV Movie: Specialist 3
Romaji: Supesharisuto 3
Japanese: スペシャリスト3
Director: Go Shichitaka
Writer: Masashi Todayama
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 1
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Runtime: 21:00-23:06
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene.

Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realizes that he made the old toy about 10 years ago when he worked at the public relations divsion of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department. Detective Yoshito decides to solve the case by himself and without the help of his partner Detective Chinami (Kaho Minami).

Cast
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kaho Minami
Sei Ashina
Kenta Satoi
Takaya Kamikawa
Yu Tokui
Mahiru Konno
Yoji Tanaka
Mio Miyatake
Yuta Hiraoka

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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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Specialist 2

(1 DVD)

TV Movie: Specialist 2
Romaji: Supesharisuto 2
Japanese: スペシャリスト2
Director: Go Shichitaka
Writer: Masashi Todayama
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 1
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Runtime: Saturday 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stickers and they also discover a dead body. A man known as "Writer" is suspected of being the culprit. To find the man known as "Writer," Yoshito Takuma infiltrates into Shiga central prison.
Notes

Cast

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi - Yoshito Takuma
Kaho Minami - Chinami Anekoji
Sei Ashina - Yuiko Matsubara
Kenta Satoi - Sachio Inokuma
Takumi Saito - Masaki Kitamoto
Mahiru Konno - Miyako Muromachi
Shinsho Nakamaru - Yusuke Higurashi
Junichi Haruta - Tetsuya Kinugasa
Yu Tokui - Toshiro Oomiya
Mio Miyatake - Akane Anekoji
Yuta Hiraoka - Kohei Horikawa
Kyoko Enami - Sae Anekoji
Ren Osugi - Kiichiro Takakura
Tomoka Kurotani - Sumika Yoshino
Beverly Maeda - Etsuko Kiyotaki
Hatsunori Hasegawa - Yukihiko Onchi
Tatsuo Nadaka - Noburo Demizu
Takaya Kamikawa - Wakahiro Sagami

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Specialist

(1 DVD)

Title: スペシャリスト
Title (romaji): Specialist
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Police
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Air Time: 21:00
Broadcast date: 2013-May-18

Synopsis

Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his job as a police officer and makes use of his specialized knowledge on criminal psychology to solve difficult cases.

Cast

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
Minami Kaho
Ashina Sei
Hiraoka Yuta
Satoi Kenta
Saito Takumi
Osugi Ren
Enami Kyoko
Miyatake Mio
Konno Mahiru
Nakamaru Shinsho

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HAMU - Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko SP

(1 DVD)

Title: HAMU －公安警察の男
Title (romaji): HAMU - Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko
Broadcast network: FujiTV
Broadcast start: 2014-Jan-10
Air time: 21:00

Synopsis 

Assistant Inspector Natsuhara Shinji (Takizawa Hideaki) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division is an outstanding detective. A compassionate, affable person well-liked by his colleagues and juniors, he has a stronger sense of justice than anybody else and is proud of his work. His parents died early and he lives with his younger sister who is his emotional support and also his weakest point. Three years ago, Natsuhara lost his fiancee in a random attack. The murderer has not been caught yet and this casts a dark cloud over him. Natsuhara has been chasing the criminal in a dismemberment case in which only the victim’s wrists have still not been found.

Cast

Takizawa Hideaki,
Ozawa Yukiyoshi,
Jinnai Takanori,
Kashiwabara Shuji,
Takaki Yuya,
Harada Natsuki,
Toda Naho

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S - Saigo no Keikan

(3 DVD)

Title: S -最後の警官-
Title (romaji): S - Saigo no Keikan
Also known as: S - The Last Policeman
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-12 -
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: MISIA - Boku wa Pegasus, Kimi wa Polaris

Synopsis

The National Police Safety Rescue, or NPS is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s special assault team which possesses both the mobility of the Special Unit (SAT) as well as the investigative skills of the Special Investigations Team (SIT), and is tasked with bringing criminals into custody alive. This small elite team is a new approach to fighting against heinous crimes. Kamikura Ichigo (Mukai Osamu) retired from the life of a professional boxer and became a police officer after that. In his second year working as a uniformed police officer, an incident leads to him being scouted by the NPS. Armed with excellent reflexes, explosive power and punches honed through boxing, Kamikura is a close combat specialist who is good at getting control over his opponents using barefists. On the other hand, Soga Iori (Ayano Go) is a member of the SAT. Described as superhuman, he prides himself in his sharpshooting and is the SAT’s best sniper. Soga was once assigned to a police precinct because he had aspirations to become a detective. Before long, he arrested three robbers and attracted attention as one of the promising newcomers. He is cool and collected, has great concentration, endurance, perception as well as combat ability; the embodiment of the SAT’s ideal male. jdramas

Cast

Mukai Osamu as Kamikura Ichigo
Ayano Go as Soga Iori
Fukiishi Kazue as Munakata Yuzuru
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Furuhashi Seishiro
Hirayama Hiroyuki as Hayata Hitoshi
Takahashi Tsutomu as Kajio Ryuichi
Hirayama Yusuke as Arashi Satoru
Motomiya Yasukaze (本宮泰風) as Yamanaka Ichiro
Fuchikami Yasushi (渊上泰史) as Ueno Koji
Fuse Eri as Todo Shizue
Asakura Erika as Yajima Emi
Yuki Jutta as Baba Carlos Hiroki
Kimisawa Yuki as Tasaki José Naoya
Yagi Nanaka (八木菜々花) as Okumura Asami
Mica (弥香) as Nakai Chisato
Santos Anna (サントス アンナ) as Maejima Mika
Honda Hirotaro as Munakata Kozo
Asaka Mayumi as Kamikura Hana
Sugawara Daikichi as Amagi Hikaru
Tsuchiya Anna as Yokokawa Aki
Takashima Masahiro as Nakamaru Fumio
Kondo Masaomi as Kiriyama Rokuro
Omori Nao as Kashii Hideki
Odagiri Joe as Masaki Keigo / M

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Beginners!

  (3 DVD - ENG SUB)

    Title: ビギナーズ!
    Title (romaji): Beginners!
    Format: Renzoku
    Genre: Police
    Episodes: 10
    Viewership rating: 07.3% (Kanto)
    Broadcast network: TBS
    Broadcast period: 2012-Jul-12 start
    Air time: Thursday 21:00
    Theme song: WANNA BEEEE!!! by Kis-My-Ft2

 Synopsis

The story takes place in a police academy boarding school. Under 24 hour surveillance for 10 months, and having to follow the rules of the school: “absolute obedience,” “no cell phones,” and “no romance.” Enduring the grueling instructions from their strict instructors, their one escape from this hell was each other, or so they thought... However, the class that Shimura, Tachibana, and Momoe are put into was the “S Class,” where the misfits were grouped together. Teppei’s dream since he was a child was becoming a “marathon runner,” however, with his father’s unemployment and disappearance, his life starts to fall apart, leaving him with a past of being a well-known delinquent in his hometown. Danji was born to a wealthy family, leading a comfortable life, however, with his illness as a trigger, he stops going to school, and he goes down the wrong path. Hiro grew up in a normal household; however, as not to become a burden for her family, she opts for a realistic job of being a police officer, leading her to question herself of whether she truly wants to be one. “S Class” consists of students including former delinquent, a dropout, going in it for the money, no real aspirations, below average grades, bad health, coward, or just simply a misfit. Will they be able to get used to their strict dorm life and be able to graduate!?

Cast

    Fujigaya Taisuke as Shimura Teppei
        Ohashi Ritsu as young Teppei (ep1,6)
    Kitayama Hiromitsu as Tachibana Danji
    Gouriki Ayame as Momoe Hiro
    Emoto Tokio as Yamane Shogo
        Tsuchiya Kaede (土屋楓) as young Shogo (ep2)
    Koyanagi Yu as Sugiyama Kiyotaka
    Ishii Tomoya as Ishioka Taichi
    Mori Ren as Onda Yuichi
        Sato Shion as young Yuichi (ep1)
    Okamoto Azusa as Niijima Chiaki
    Mizusawa Elena as Fukuhara Yoko
        Komatsuzaki Yuna (小松崎夕楠) as young Yoko (ep4)
    Miyakawa Ichirota (宮川一朗太) as Momoe Yoshinori
    Kawai Michiko as Momoe Akemi
    Aoyama Noriko as Mine Yuri
    Moritaka Ai (森高愛) as Shimura Manatsu
        Hamano Mari (浜野希莉) as young Manatsu (ep6)
    Kaga Takeshi as Takamura Koutaro
    Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Shimura Kyoichiro
    Yanagisawa Shingo as Fukuda Kiyoshi
    Ishida Hikari as Ryuzaki Misaki
    Sugimoto Tetta as Sakuraba Naoki

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Dirty Mama!

[3 DVD]

Title: ダーティ・ママ!
Title (romaji): Dirty Mama!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police, comedy
Episodes: 10
Subtitles : English
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-11 to 2012-Mar-14
Air time: Wednesday 22:00

Synopsis

Nagasaku will play the part of Takako, a police detective and a single mother of a child who will soon turn 1 year old. She is described as “dirty” because she doesn’t mind taking bribes or leaking information if it is to her own advantage. The series depicts her battles with the child’s irresponsible father, her police colleagues who only think of protecting themselves, and the criminals in the cases she handles. Karina (27) will play a trainee detective whom Takako partners with.

Cast

Nagasaku Hiromi as Maruoka Takako
Karina as Nagashima Aoi
Kamiji Yusuke as Takuya
Sato Jiro as Shirato
Nomaguchi Toru
Hayashi Yasufumi
Kato Toranosuke
Fukumoto Sachiko (福本幸子)
Ikeda Tsubasa (池田翼)
Ikeda Kei (池田慧)
Yasuda Ken as Ohno
Yashima Norito as Fukuzawa

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Strawberry Night

 3 DVD

Title: Strawberry Night
Also Known As: ストロベリーナイト / Sutoroberiinaito
Genre: Police, Crime, Drama
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: 10 January 2012 start
Air time (JST): Tuesday 21:00
Subtitles: English

Synopsis

Assistant Inspector Himekawa Reiko (Takeuchi Yuko) rose from the non-career track to become the only female section chief in the Tenth Homicide Section of the Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division. Director Hashizume (Watanabe Ikkei) has been keeping tabs on her because of her daring investigation methods. Team Himekawa is made up of dutiful subordinates Kikuta Kazuo (Nishijima Hidetoshi) and Ishikura Tatsumo (Ukaji Takashi), the diligent but withdrawn Hayama Noriyuki (Koide Keisuke) and newcomer Yuda Kohei (Maruyama Ryuhei). They proceed with investigations while fighting against Teams Kusaka (Endo Kenichi) and Katsumata (Takeda Tetsuya). Although Reiko has personal problems and past trauma, she does not bring this to the workplace. She tackles cases head-on and closes in on the truth with her sharp instincts.

Cast

Takeuchi Yuko as Himekawa Reiko
Nishijima Hidetoshi
Takeda Tetsuya
Koide Keisuke
Ukaji Takashi
Maruyama Ryuhei
Tezuka Satomi
Owada Baku
Namase Katsuhisa
Takashima Masahiro
Endo Kenichi
Watanabe Ikkei
Tsugawa Masahiko

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Hi Wa Mata Noboru

(9 Episode, 2DVD) 

Title: Hi Wa Mata Noboru
Also Known As: 陽はまた昇る / Hi Wa Mata Noboru
Genre: Drama
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 9
Release Date: 14 July 2011 start
Air time (JST): Thursdays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Synopsis
Detective Tono Kazuyuki (Sato Koichi) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division resigns to take responsibility. However, he gets an appointment letter which he is unprepared for. It is to become an instructor at the police academy! It is a useless role in the classroom involving armchair theories about the many violent criminals. Tono, who has thus far used seemingly unorthodox measures to arrest criminals in investigations he obssessed over, assesses better than anyone else that he is least suited to be an instructor … … Awaiting him at the police academy he goes to as a new instructor are the naive young people of today who are attracted by the stability of being a civil servant and the cool uniform, particularly the trainee, Miyata Eiji (Miura Haruma), who handles everything tactfully. He is smart, good at sports and popular with both genders, but he has neither encountered hardships nor setbacks, and has nimbly made his way through an innocuous life. In fact, Miyata’s way of life is far from the qualities of a police officer who protects the lives and possessions of citizens.

Cast
Sato Koichi
Miura Haruma
Ikematsu Sousuke
Namioka Kazuki
Takahashi Tsutomu
Minami Keisuke
Tomiura Satoshi
Saito Yuki
Kitamura Tomohiko
YOU
Rokaku Seiji
ARATA
Ishino Mako
Maya Miki
Hashizume Isao

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