03 October 2015

石の繭 Ishi no Mayu


Title: 石の繭 Ishi no Mayu
English Title:
  • Stone of Cocoon
  • Stone's Cocoon
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2015
Episode: 05
Cast:
  • 木村文乃 Kimura Fumino
  • 青木崇高 Aoki Munetaka
  • 平岳大 Hira Takehiro
  • 北見敏之 Kitami Toshiyuki
  • 小柳友 Koyanagi Yu
  • 樋渡真司 Hiwatashi Shinji
  • 康喜弼 Ko Yoshinori
  • 田安則 Danta Yasunori
  • 渡辺いっけい Watanabe Ikkei
  • 古川雄輝 Furukawa Yuki
  • 神野三鈴 Kanno Misuzu
  • 仲村トオル Nakamura Toru
  • 生駒星汰 Ikoma Shota
  • 水橋研二 Mizuhashi Kenji
  • 神楽坂恵 Kagurazaka Megumi
  • 勝部演之 Katsube Nobuyuki
  • 水木薫 Mizuki Kaoru



SYNOPSIS
Kisaragi Toko is a member of the First Investigative Division, an elite group of detectives who usually handles murder cases.

Toko was suddenly called to a crime scene where the victim is encased in mortar, a material similar to concrete, in the basement of an abandoned building. While the task force in charge of the case is having a meeting, they receive a phone call from someone who claims to be the criminal.

The criminal tells Toko that the person he killed is connected to an unsolved crime in the past, and he's going to kill more people who are also related to the unsolved crime.



REVIEW
Ishi no Mayu is an interesting drama about people; how cruel people can be and why people can commit heinous crimes. It also talks about how victims can sometimes turn out to be criminals.

When you watch the drama where criminals torture the victims in the most brutal ways possible, you'd almost lose hope in humanity. I don't want to believe that people can be such sadistic murderers but these kinds of people exist, unfortunately.

Kisaragi Toko has a good heart but she seems clueless in the most obvious ways. She blurts out confidential information to strangers without regard, and she can't seem to control her emotions.

Takano Hideaki: Use minimum information to draw out maximum information. Got it?
-- Episode 01




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石の繭 Ishi no Mayu