How long? 8 epis + 1 specialWhen & which tv stn? 2008/Tv-Asahi
Who's in?
Yonekura Ryoko - Usagi Reiko
Jinnai Takanori - Kirisawa Keigo
Takahashi Katsumi - Katayama Kazuyoshi
Shirota Yu - Mariya Kyosuke
Osugi Ren - Takabayashi Shizuo
What's it abt? (edited from Dramawiki)
In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site just as a crime is being committed. They are on the front-line of risky missions, facing off against criminals; tenaciously conducting negotiations with criminals. As a result of the rigid police hierarchy that can curb the conduct of negotiators, the SIT is also a male-dominated society controlled with strict discipline. There is one female negotiator, Usagi Reiko, who bravely fights at the frontline. She is isolated in the male world of the SIT but courageously fights against crime as well as her organisation.
Reiko often viists Mariya, who was the culprit for her father's death. During a case, Reiko found out that the case was related to her father's death..and more secrets are revealed...
Love & Hates:
Plot-Storyline is quite refreshing for Jdramas. This drama reminded me of TVB's "Take My Word for IT". Profession is similar, but presentation is rather different. SIT seems to be somehow more professional, of coz' partly due to the Japanese culture. One main attraction is to see how Usagi works with her all male colleagues. She was kena slapped on her 1st day of work, but she performed well in the missions. The drama is rather fast paced, and don't expect anything else besides watching SIT working on their missions...(ya no romance factor at all..)
Cast-Most of the cast are veterans, like Jinnai Takanori, Takahashi and of coz..Yonekura. Well, actually the last drama I had watched starring Yonekura was "Love Revolution". She has some other good works with TV-Asahi, but the genre is kinda restricted to thrillers. (I may watch them if i have the time..) Her other dramas with other tv stns kinda flopped in ratings though, and I wasn't very impressed with her. Alright, she's really great in Koshonin. Her short bob hairstyle looked damn cool, and of coz..made her looked younger. She's wearing black most of the time (very cool), and her emotional scenes were done pretty well. She did a gd job in showing how Usagi struggled to work with her male colleagues, and I think they were rather impressed with her la. "Strange" chemistry with Shirota Yu (the ang moh looking guy in Hana Kimi). Why? Coz' their relationship in the drama was victim-murderer. Shirota's acting was quite good here...kinda physco and crazy fella. Though his screen time wasn't alot in the beginning, he wld steal the show towards the end (the last case).
OST- Only know the themesong "Ougon Soul" by Shonannokaze. A powerful themesong with masculine voices and strong beats.
Worth watching?
Wld recommend to those who like detective plots.
--28/2/2009 Koshonin Special--
Synopsis: (from jdramas.wordpress.com)
Five men and women are abducted almost at the same time from five locations in Tokyo in a spate of simultaneous kidnaps. The criminal(s) demand a ransom of 11.55 billion yen and someone with experience to handover the money. The real objective of the audacious criminal(s) is beyond the imaginations of the SIT.
Slacker's review:
Plot wise, nothing new, though the person who turned out to be one of the criminals was quite surprising. The special was equally good, packed with actions scenes. Yonekura is still as "dashing" as ever...I really like her cool image. The last scene was a little puzzling...how come there's another "Usagi" dancing around with kids??? Eh...another SP coming? Hahaha!
