Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Spring 2009 Drama Preview

The spring drama season is usually a time for networks to focus on young stars. While there's plenty of that here, including "Atashinchi no Danshi" starring Maki Horikita, this spring has shifted away from the student crowd. Fans of typical school dramas may be disappointed, while mystery and suspense fans will surely have their fill. Still, the new lineup has something for everyone, and if all else fails, Takuya Kimura is coming to the rescue!

TBS
Hancho ~Jinnansho Azumihan~ (ハンチョウ〜神南署安積班〜)
TBS, Monday 8:00pm, premieres April 13
Jinnan Station is a small police station newly established in Harajuku, where Kuranosuke Sasaki plays the chief clerk of the station's detective force. Although he has the title of chief clerk, there are only five detectives working under him. In the first episode, the dead body of jewelry shop owner Mitsue Yokotani is discovered one early morning. With her purse missing from the crime scene, it appears to be the result of a robbery, but one detective (Muga Tsukaji) feels there's more to the case. The behavior of one nearby resident (Etsuko Ichihara) seems suspicious, so the team begins to investigate the woman. After an interesting encounter with the woman that ..... (article cut to save bandwidth)

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