AKA: Fugitive Lawyer
Genre: Suspense, Law, Crime
Episodes: 11
Broadcast date: 2010-Jul to
2010-Sep
Cast: Kamiji Yusuke,
Ishihara Satomi and Kitamura Kazuki.
“In Japan criminal
trials, the probability of being found innocent is less than 1%”
Narita Makoto (Kamiji
Yusuke) is lawyer at the Axle Law office, working under his mentor and idol
Ninomiya sensei. One night while going
home, he is called up by Ninomiya who is looking for a file which Narita by
accident has taken with him. On the way he meets the secretary whom he chats
with, and notices that she seems a bit distant. Arriving at the office he
notices that Ninomiya is on the floor covered in blood, where after he is hit
on the head and loses consciousness. Waking up he is on the ground outside the
office which is now in flames. Shortly after he is in the hospital, and
interrogated by prosecutor Mafune Joe (Kitamura Kazzuki). He is accused of
murdering his boss, even the secretary says that they didn’t meet up. This
leaves Narita no other option than running away and finding the real murderer
himself. But for some reason everything seems to circle back to the Axle
Office…
This is a hidden gem
amongst the idol dramas out there. Yes it is quite cliché with the framed guy
looking for the real murderer theme, but somehow it is pretty adorable. I
really like the fact that he helps other people while trying to solve his own
case, and that he touches people around him whilst he does so. I like that we
aren’t sure who the bad guy is, and the fact that they managed to fool me.
Besides that it kind
of makes you tired and you kind of just want the main story to get moving, because
they are really bad at that. Yeah, it does move, but with a slow pace - so slow
that finding a witness takes around 8 episodes… But yeah, I guess 11 episodes
is kind of long for a regular Japanese drama.
All in all quite good…
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5
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