is a Japanese
police procedural
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television drama
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. The first season, subtitled , was set in a fictional version of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
The , known locally as simply the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), is the prefectural police of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Founded in 1874, the TMPD is the largest police force in Japan by number of officers, with a staff of more than 4 ...
division that specializes in investigating
cold case
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s, which is based on an actual division established in Japan in 2009.
The first season aired from April 13 to June 22, 2010 on
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
's
Kakku time-slot. It premiered to an 18% rating. A special two-hour-long episode which served as conclusion to the first series was aired on July 8, 2011.
Season two of ''Zettai Reido'', subtitled takes place a year after the events of the special episode, after Sakuragi and her fellow detectives have been transferred to the undercover investigation division which deals with current crimes. The second season aired from July 12 to September 20, 2011 on
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
's
Kakku time-slot. It premiered to a 15.4% rating and ended with a season-high rating of 16.3%. The last leg of the second season featured guest star appearances by
Yūsuke Santamaria and
You Yokoyama.
The opening and ending themes for season one and two are performed by rock duo
Love Psychedelico.
Series synopsis
Izumi Sakuragi (
Aya Ueto) is an energetic rookie detective assigned to the
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
The , known locally as simply the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), is the prefectural police of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Founded in 1874, the TMPD is the largest police force in Japan by number of officers, with a staff of more than 4 ...
's special investigations office. This newly established division uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate unresolved cases and cases suspected to involve missing persons.
Cast and characters
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Aya Ueto as Izumi Sakuragi, a rookie detective with the special investigations office. Due to her inexperience, she is nicknamed .
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Hiroyuki Miyasako as Keigo Tsukamoto, a police sergeant who is often partnered with Sakuragi.
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Sayaka Yamaguchi as Ryōko Takamine, the special investigations office's resident criminal profiler.
* Tomomi Maruyama as Yūki Fukazawa, a police inspector with the special investigations office. In season two, he is promoted to the position of Chief Investigator of the eighth section.
* Hiromi Kitagawa as Sae Ōmori, the crime lab chief and main technician.
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Ryo Kimura as Shō Takebayashi, the crime lab technician in charge of computer forensics.
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Takeo Nakahara as Shintarō Shiraishi, a detective with the special investigations office.
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Tetta Sugimoto as Takumi Kurata, a senior detective with the special investigations office.
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Kin'ya Kitaōji as Hideo Nagashima, the Director General of the special investigations office.
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Akira Nagata as Yukinari Michio
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Keisuke Minami as Tōru Akiyama
* Megumi Saito as Tomomi Mitsui
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Kenta Kiritani as Shinjirō Takigawa, a detective with the special undercover crime investigations office and Sakuragi's partner.
* Takashika Kobayashi as Ryōhei Isomura, a detective with the special undercover crime investigations office.
* Rie Minemura as Megumi Inohara
Episodes
Season 1 (2010–11)
Season 2 (2011)
Ratings
Awards
See also
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The Enigma Files
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Plot summary
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'', UK /
BBC Two
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, 1980
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Cold Squad'', CAN /
CTV, 1998
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Waking the Dead'', UK /
BBC One
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, 2000
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New Tricks
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'', UK /
BBC One
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, 2003
*''
Cold Case
''Cold Case'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series. It ran on CBS from September 28, 2003, to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in invest ...
'', USA /
CBS, 2003
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Signal
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tvN, 2016
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Signal
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In ...
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Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
, 2018
References
External links
''Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sōsa'' official website''Zettai Reido: Tokushu Hanzai Sennyū Sōsa'' official website''Zettai Reido: Tokushu Hanzai Sennyū Sōsa'' Staff Blog
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* {{IMDb title, 1954121, Zettai Reido: Tokushu Hanzai Sennyū Sōsa
Japanese crime television series
Japanese drama television series
Japanese police procedural television series
Serial drama television series
Fuji Television dramas
2010 Japanese television series debuts
2018 Japanese television series endings