Details
Title: 顔
Title (romaji): Kao
Title (English): Face
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 12.4
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2003-Apr-08 to 2003-Jun-24
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: "Kimi ga Anata ga" by Nao
Synopsis
This drama is based on the book "Face," written by the popular mystery novelist, Yokoyama Hideo.
Unlike the detectives who do the actual work to solve a crime, Hirano Mizuho is not a super-heroine who can solve crimes herself. She approaches victims and tries to help them uncover their real feelings, which are usually locked deep inside their hearts. "Face" remains faithful to the realistic detail of the original novel, while blending in the romance between Mizuho and her colleague, Kosuke Nishijima. By also bringing out the puzzling past of Mizuho in a way that only a drama can, viewers are sure to be kept on the edge of their seats.
At times with a gentle look in her eyes, and at other times with eyes blazing with fierce determination, Mizuho tries to uncover the real truth behind each crime, and the criminals involved in them-criminals who had no choice but to commit those crimes. -- Fuji TV
Cast
Odagiri Joe as Nishijima Kousuke
Nakama Yukie as Hirano Mizuho
Kyono Kotomi
Kaito Ken
Masuoka Toru
Yo Kimiko
Kondo Yoshimasa
Tanaka Ritsuko
Masu Takeshi
Yajima Kenichi
Kawahara Sabu
Kurosaka Mami
Tanaka Tetsushi
Tachikawa Eri
Shinagawa Hiroshi
Umegaki Yoshiaki (梅垣義明)
Matsushige Yutaka
Mochitsuki Eran (望月瑛蘭)
Musaka Naomasa
Seki Keisuke
Mizuhashi Takami (ep2)
Maki Yoko (ep9)
Kobashi Megumi (ep10)
Production Credits
Original story: Yokoyama Hideo (横山秀夫)
Screenwriters: Takahashi Rumi, Saeki Toshimichi (佐伯俊道), Hirami Miharu (平見瞠)
Producers: Takahashi Kazuhiko (高橋萬彦), Goto Hiroyuki,
Directors: Hijikata Masato (土方政人), Tsuzuki Junichi, Matsuda Hidetomo
Music: Sato Naoki
