, sometimes styled as ''Tôkyô Dogs'', is a
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Japanese television drama
, also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily.
Format
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, which stars
Shun Oguri
is a Japanese people, Japanese actor and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor.
He started in small roles as extra in the works ...
,
Hiro Mizushima
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including '' Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and '' Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well ...
and
Yuriko Yoshitaka.
Synopsis
So Takakura (Oguri) witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives.
His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with Maruo Kudo (Mizushima), a detective from a special investigative division.
Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression
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with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they have been given.
With the appearance of a woman who apparently lost all her memories yet seemed to be greatly linked to the murderer of Takakura's father, the story of the worst, yet the best, partnership between the New York elite and the Japanese detective begins...
Cast
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Shun Oguri
is a Japanese people, Japanese actor and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor.
He started in small roles as extra in the works ...
as So Takakura
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Hiro Mizushima
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including '' Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and '' Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well ...
as Maruo Kudo
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Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yuki Matsunaga
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Ryo Katsuji as Keiichi Horikawa
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Mikihisa Azuma as Mashiko Reiji
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Kotaro Shiga as Mitsuo Suzuki
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Asami Usuda as Maki Tanaka
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Rie Tomosaka as Yuri Nishioka
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Kensei Mikami as Hiroto Kaizaki
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Hiroshi Yazaki as Shigeo Kamata
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Haruna Kawaguchi
is a Japanese actress and model under Ken-On. She is best known for playing lead roles in ''Ouran High School Host Club'' (2012), '' POV: Norowareta Film'' (2012), '' Zekkyō Gakkyū'' (2013), '' Say "I Love You"'' (2014), and ''One Week Friends ...
as Karin Takakura
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Takuya Yoshimura as Shota Nakatani
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Yoshiko Tanaka as Kyoko Takakura
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Nene Otsuka as Misa Maijima
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Tomokazu Miura as Kozo Otomo
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Takeru Shibuya as So Young
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Manami Bunya as Yuki Young
References
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2009 Japanese television series debuts
2009 Japanese television series endings
Japanese drama television series
Fuji Television dramas
Television shows written by Yûichi Fukuda