Details
Title: 警官の血
Title (romaji): Keikan no Chi
Also known as: The Policeman's Lineage
Format: Tanpatsu, in two parts
Genre: Mystery
Viewership ratings: 14.0 (1st), 15.4 (2nd)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast dates: 2009-Feb-07, 2009-Feb-08
Airtime: Saturday & Sunday 21:00
Synopsis
The story spans three generations of policemen, starting with Seiji, a Pacific War veteran who becomes a cop but dies in a fire near his home. His son Tamio follows in his footsteps as a police officer, but he is killed in the line of duty by a drug addict. Kazuya, the third generation policeman, is assigned to a secret investigation that leads him to the mysteries behind his father's and grandfather's deaths. --Tokyograph
Cast
Eguchi Yosuke as Anjo Seiji
Yoshioka Hidetaka as Anjo Tamio
Ito Hideaki as Anjo Kazuya
Shiina Kippei as Hayase Yuzo
Kimura Yoshino as Anjo Tazu
Izumiya Shigeru as Harada Keisuke
Ibu Masato as Iwabuchi Tadataka
Asada Miyoko as Iwane Kimi
Wakaba Ryuya
Komoto Masahiro
Masuoka Toru
Morimoto Leo
Kanjiya Shihori as Anjo Junko
Takahashi Katsunori as Nagata Teruo
Okuda Eiji as Onda Genzo
Enoki Takaaki as Kasai Makoto
Aso Yumi as Miyake Kazuko
Murata Takehiro
Tanaka Kei
Ono Machiko
Hira Takehiro
Sato Koichi as Kagaya Jin
Kuriyama Chiaki as Nagami Yuka
Terajima Shinobu as Komai Kimie
Ozawa Yukiyoshi
Musaka Naomasa
Hirata Mitsuru
Shiba Toshio
Mayuko
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Keikan no Chi by Sasaki Jo (佐々木譲)
Screenwriter: Tsuruhashi Yasuo
Producer: Kuroda Tetsuya, Ogoe Kozo (小越浩造), Kohashi Satoko (小橋智子)
Director: Tsuruhashi Yasuo
Music: Nakanishi Kyo
Notes
The production cost amounts to several hundred million yen, making it one of the most expensive dramas ever produced by TV Asahi.
The cast will be composed of over 150 people.
Keikan no Chi
