Japanese Drama - Ekiro

* Title: 駅路
* Title (romaji): Ekiro
* Format: Tanpatsu
* Genre: Detective mystery
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast date: 2009-Apr-11
* Air time: Saturday 21:00

Synopsis

In "Ekiro," a bank employee suddenly goes missing right after his retirement. Yakusho stars as the veteran detective in charge of the investigation, who is on the verge of retirement himself. All he seems to uncover are more mysteries, but one woman (Fukatsu) comes up during the investigation, and it seems that she may hold the key to the man's disappearance. -- Tokyograph

Cast

* Yakusho Koji as Detective Yobuno
* Fukatsu Eri as Fukumura Keiko
* Kimura Tae as Fukumura Yoshiko
* Takaoka Sousuke as Yamazaki Tatsuo
* Kitagawa Hiromi as Yobuno Yuko
* Okuchi Kengo (大口兼悟) as Detective Kitao
* Ishizaka Koji as Kozuka Teiichi
* Toake Yukiyo as Kozuka Yuriko

Production Credits

* Original writing (short story): Ekiro by Matsumoto Seicho
* Screenwriter: Mukoda Kuniko (向田邦子)
* Producer: Kita Reiko (喜多麗子)
* Director: Sugita Shigemichi (杉田成道)

Notes

* The late Mukoda Kuniko wrote the screenplay roughly 30 years ago for a TV adaptation.


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