[REVIEW] Strawberry Night

[sukaretto]

Strawberry Night
Japanese Drama

Episodes: SP + 11

Genre: Crime, Drama

Cast:

• Takeuchi Yuko as Himekawa Reiko (SP,1)
• Nishijima Hidetoshi as Kikuta Kazuo (SP,1)
• Kiritani Kenta as Otsuka Shinji (SP)
• Ukaji Takashi as Ishikura Tamotsu (SP,1)
• Hayashi Kento as Kitami Noboru (SP)
• Tanimura Mitsuki as Fukuzawa Hikari (SP)
• Tanaka Koji as Komine Kaoru (SP,1)
• Tazuka Satomi as Himekawa Rue (SP,1)
• Tsugawa Masahiko as Kunioka Sadanosuke  (SP,1)
• Endo Kenichi as Kusaka Mamoru  (SP,1)
• Namase Katsuhisa as Ioka Hiromitsu (SP,1)
• Watanabe Ikkei as Hashizume Shunsuke  (SP,1)
• Takashima Masahiro as Imaizumi Haruo (SP,1)
• Takeda Tetsuya as Katsumata Kensaku (SP,1)
• Koide Keisuke as Hayama Noriyuki (1)
• Maruyama Ryuhei as Yuda Kohei (1)
• Owada Baku as Himekawa Tadayuki (1)

Synopsis:
     Originally broadcast in autumn of 2010 as a special drama, "Strawberry Night" returns to Fuji on Tuesday nights. Based on the best selling mystery novel by Honda Tetsuya which sold over 1.5 million copies. Himekawa Reiko is a police officer working for squad 1 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. As the only female squad leader in charge of inspecting a crime scene, Reiko uncovers the mystery behind a merciless murder, a man who was found dead covered in a plastic sheet in the bushes near a pond. Reiko realizes that the crime is not an independent incident, but one that had just begun. The code "Strawberry Night" eventually surfaces from the investigations, a word that eventually leads to another police officer, an elite detective.

The drama is not only full of suspense, but breathtakingly tells a story of each character's concerns and sorrow, the troubles and tasks they must face. It takes a closer look at Reiko's mental state, the relationship between her and those surrounding her, a detective's faith, pride and sincerity towards one's profession...All in all, it's a profound human / profession drama that will touch the hearts of many.

info credits: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Strawberry_Night

Sukaretto says:
p.s. read at your own risks. major spoilers coming up.
      anticipated watching this cox of the cast and good feedback. i'm not saying i was disappointed but it's lacking of something, i don't know what. suspense, maybe? i was thinking, when i was halfway watching the drama, what's the point of continuing from the SP? (and using the SP title when it didn't have anything to do with the story at all, i mean Strawberry Night is the name of the case they closed in the SP, right?) and then i realized, it's all about Reiko. and Strawberry Night technically means the night when she was raped. i thought Koide Keisuke's character will somehow become a major character. ah, but it was always Reiko and her intuitions and everyone else. XD
     but i like their last case. it was soooooo sad. TT______TT and i'm still waiting for Himekawa x Kikuta to happen! when will Reiko be ready? at the end of the series, she progressed by giving her Mom a hug. they said there'll be a movie, i was hoping for season 2, too. i need more Maru in a detective suit in my life! seriously, i thought he'll be the comic relief in this drama, but i ended up laughing at Namase Katsuhisa more. just looking at his face makes me laugh.

My Ratings: i'll give this 8.5/10 :)