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- Detective Ukyo Sugishita and his partner solve cases by just the two of them as "Special Task Unit" of MPD where demoted people belong.
- Eisuke Hidaka, a promising neurosurgeon obsessed with work, neglects family leading to son's death and wife's suicide. Hidaka spirals into despair and homelessness, staying in temporary housing where fire and murder occur.
- Quirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
- Toma (Tuyoshi Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the next federal lord, got a heavy disease, and the order aimed to make sure if it is true or not. On his way to Edo, Toma gave a hand to Kiku (Mayumi Okamura) who had a stomachache. However, she seemed to be in big trouble, and there were many Hanshi (officers) on the roads.
- Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
- Yu Amagi was working at the lost and found center of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) when he was re-assigned to Division 12. Within the MPD, Division 12 is known as the dead-end to the career of all detectives. It is a place where no matter how glorious your past may have been, once you are sent there, you can forget about ever returning to the limelight again. However, the detectives in Division 12 are actually all excellent detectives. They just have their own idiosyncrasies and are tough to handle. Notwithstanding how their individual characters may clash with one another, they still work as a team to resolve all the tough cases assigned to them.
- "CSI: Crime Scene Talks" depicts the work of a group of detectives who solve murder cases by looking for clues in the articles left by victims.
- Iruma Michio is a devil-may-care, unorthodox criminal judge at the Tokyo District Court's first criminal court. He used to be a lawyer and was deeply involved in a past case that was behind his transformation into a judge. Iruma personally inspects crime scenes to prevent a miscarriage of justice and bring the truth to light. Although his demeanour is far from the image of a stuff judge, he is feared by lawyers as well as prosecutors because he is not bound by obligations, prejudices and preconceptions and has an inquiring mind that probes cases thoroughly. On the other hand, the judge Sakama Chizuru is the complete opposite of Iruma. A graduate of Tokyo University's Faculty of Law, she is an elite among elites. She has been transferred to the first criminal court to reform it due to the unbelievably small number of cases that are closed. This is the equivalent of a company in the red to the extent of going bankrupt. As someone who takes great pride in maintaining public order by handling cases accurately and promptly, Chizuru cannot understand Iruma's style which frustrates her to no end. However, when she realises that Iruma believes in treating a case as an individual's life, she is faced with the question, "What can a judge do aside from issuing a ruling?"
- Based on the manga of the same title by, Atsuko Takakura. The story revolves around a woman working in a department store whose meager bust has earned her the nickname of "kabe onna." Unfortunately for her, a well-endowed "yama onna" gets assigned to the same department, heightening her insecurity.
- Asago is a medical examiner and instructor and works at a university's school of medicine. Her widowed father is a detective and respected in his field as is she. Her class works with the detective at the police force and when a corpse is delivered to her for examination the case attracts the attention of her father.
- The title character, Junichi Oiwa, leads the most coveted section of Tokyo MPD as the head of over 400 elite detectives. He is present at all serious crime scenes, spearheading multiple investigation teams simultaneously by giving strategies to each team as well as conducting an investigation himself. He works under excessive mental pressure and in a physically demanding situation due to the sleepless megalopolis. He is a superhero, but what makes him unique is his down-to-earth style. He has worked his way up from scratch, zero, to the hero loved and respected by his colleagues.
- Yu Kashiwazaki (Sae Okazaki) has dated Naoki (Daisuke Nakagawa) for the past 7 years and they have lived together for the past 5 years. Nowadays, their relationship has very little romance and Naoki seems to have no interest in marriage. On Yu Kashiwazaki's birthday, Naoki seems to care more about his new game than celebrating her birthday. Yu Kashiwazaki is unable to control her anger anymore and runs out of their house. Perhaps by fate, she then meets her ex-boyfriend Fukami (Kodai Asaka) from her high school days. Yu Kashiwazaki soon finds herself in a love triangle with Naoki and Fukami. Yu Kashiwazaki must now make a choice between her current boyfriend Naoki, who treats her more like his mother, and her ex-boyfriend Fukami, who makes her feel special. Her choice is?
- The hero is Hanshichi, a young but highly skilled Edo-era detective. Widowed for two years, Hanshichi lives alone in a tenement house. His sister-in-law Okume, who has a crush on him, looks in on him from time to time.
- A suspenseful, action packed, fast paced, intelligent detective thriller. The cool, beautiful Sasaki Rena is the lone investigator who works for for a medium sized research agency called Suma Research Agency. Because of her past related to her sister's death, she became a detective that investigates and pursues unscrupulous detectives. Her beloved younger sister was murdered by a stalker and she has been searching for the investigator who caused her sister's death in order to take revenge.
- Jo Niidekyo is in charge of Koishikawa Yojosho. He treats patients there and cares about their personal problems. He is also referred to as "Red Beard." Noboru Yasumoto is a young doctor who who often clashes with Jo. While Noboru deals with various patients, he learns the way to become a true doctor.
- When TV screenwriter Suzune Makabe is visited in the middle of the night by an estranged former high school classmate and her young son, she agrees to let them stay over and soon strange things happen.
- Shosuke and Shoko are secretly married. Only the two of them, and Head Chief Asahina know about it. Everyone else at the Asahi Police Department think the two of them are father and daughter.
- Kiyokazu Kiyota, Shigeo Tachibana and Norio Arimura are childhood friends. Upon reaching the retirement age, Kiyokazu had to retire from his job, only to take up contract work at a Game Center. Shigeo owns an pub and used to run it until recently, having handed over the reins to his son, Kosei. Norio is a manager of a machinery equipment manufacturing plant. Back in high school, the three of them were part of the "Three Bad Boys" group. Kiyokazu is an expert in Kendo, Shigeo has a black belt in Judo, and Nori is an ex-military strategist. All in their 60s now, the trio get together to form a vigilance committee and patrol the neighborhood at night.
- Yokohama Xebec is a marching band of a port city, Yokohama. The band goes by the philosophy, 'One for all. All for one.' Band captain Mari, is determined to win this year's national competition. But when the band's lead trumpeter, Tadanobu, announces his decision to leave the band after the season to pursue music as a professional, it causes a stir among the members. Tadanobu's family is currently hosting his aunt and his cousin, Yukie and Yosuke, who have fled the tsunami stricken Fukushima. This movie features the bond between the people of Iwabune and the members of Yokohama's marching band. As the national competition approaches, the young people of two port towns come together through music and take an unexpected action...