Details
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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