It really was great to see Odagiri played in a comedy again after Satorare. I like him better doing this kind of shows compare to the “serious, tasted like avant-garde” scripts. He was really funny, his jokes/gestures made me laugh out loud for so many times—though this maybe because I was blinded by love for him. He always looks good in my eyes ;-p
In this dorama he played as Kiriyama Shuuichiro, a desk job police whose duty involved filing documents, evidences, or other cases’ related physical matters. The whole story was started in a rather silly way, actually. Kiriyama’s superior officers and his fellow officers were talking about having a hobby; Kiriyama joined in, and then realized that he didn’t have any. Kiriyama was described as a nerdy weird guy with unique taste of hairstyle—Odagiri’s hair looked great!!!—and thick dark green frame glasses; he also has a trademark laugh.
After a rather long game of throwing nonsense ideas—they do this quiet often, the jokes were definitely not going to be easy to translate because there were a lot of word-play; love it when they’re doing this—Kiriyama finally decided that he will investigate old unsolved cases that had been stamped (literally) “Jikou”—had reached statute of limitations. His motive was only to confirm who was the real felon and make him/her admit of having committed the crime; he also made special card to give to the felon after wrapping a case, that reads “Dare ni mo iwanai kaado = Will not tell anyone card” sealed with his inkan (family name stamp that has the same function as a hand signature).Even though the cases were serious: usually murders, the solving were more often made according to Kiriyama’s style, which was full of silly deductions and unconventional investigation’s techniques. My favorite part in one of the investigations was when Kiriyama confronted a college professor suspected for murdering her high school friend: suddenly, out of nowhere, a group of acapella singers showed up and joined Kiriyama in singing Mori no Kuma-san. My reaction was, “What the—Huahahaha…”
The characters of this series were generally funny and know what there’re doing, but sadly—even though I’m sure she had tried her best, Asou Kumiko’s performance could not be described as other than a neglect. So sorry to say this, but she was poorly not funny! Playing as a policewoman from other division—traffic, I think, who’s in love with Kiriyama, her constant nagging and making cute-desperate-faces were not working at all. Jealousy… oh oh, jealousy… ;-p
Over all, Jikou Keisatsu was a good entertainment. I kept on watching this series because although the felons were easily guessed, it was really fun to watch Kiriyama’s theory for each case, including finding out the motive of the murder. That, and of course: spoiling my eyes with high dose of ODAGIRI JOE!!!
Cast: Odagiri Joe, Asou Kumiko, Toyohara Kosuke, Fuse Eri, Mitsuishi Ken, Eguchi Noriko, Iwamatsu Ryo, Hida Yasuhito Title: Jikou Keisatsu Title (English): Time Limit Detective / Statute of Limitation Police Genre: Comedy Mystery Duration: 9 episodes Broadcast network: TV Asahi Broadcast period: 2006-01-13 to 2006-03-10 Theme Song: Ame by Ceyren Language: Japanese
Source: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jikou_Keisatsu; www.ilbondrama.net
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