Gaiji Keisatsu

Criminal Code (外事警察, Gaiji Keisatsu)[1] is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009.[2] It is based on the novel of the same name written and released in Japan by Aso Iku.[3]

Gaiji Keisatsu
Official DVD Cover of Gaiji Keisatsu released in Japan
Also known as	Criminal Code
Original title	外事警察
Genre	Suspense
Starring	Atsurō Watabe Yuriko Ishida Machiko Ono
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Production location	Tokyo
Running time	53 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	November 14, 2009 – 19 December 2009
External links
Official Website

The TV show follow a female police officer who was recruited into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist black ops unit known "publicly" as the Fourth Foreign Affairs Section, created after the 9/11 events in the United States. Its purpose is to tackle espionage and terrorism cases happening in Japan.

The franchise consists of the novel, the TV series and the 2012 movie.

Plot

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on American soil, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department creates a secret anti-terrorist division within the Public Security Bureau in order to tackle crime, espionage and terrorism cases to preserve Japan's national security by doing black ops work to locate and apprehend spies and terrorist suspects.

The unit recruits a new officer named Hina Matsuzawa, who wishes to become a full-time detective. Leading the unit is Public Security veteran officer Keiji Sumimoto as the unit is tasked a mysterious terrorist freelancer known with the codename FISH and his cell operating in Tokyo.

Cast

Fourth Foreign Affairs Section

• Atsurō Watabe as Kenji Sumimoto
  • Takumi Kitamura as Kenji Sumimoto (child)
• Machiko Ono as Hina Matsuzawa
• Reiko Kataoka as Ayane Igarashi
• Toshiyuki Kitami as Ryoga Kanazawa
• Kenichi Takito as Shuma Hisano
• Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Takuya Morinaga
• Hiroshi Yamamoto (actor) as Haruto Otomo

Others

• Yuriko Ishida as Aiko Shimomura
• Kimiko Yo as Kumi Muramatsu (Chief Cabinet Secretary)
• Ryo Ishibashi as Shotaro Ariga (Chief of NPA Security bureau)
• Kenichi Endō as Toshitaka Kurata (Officer of NPA, Chief officer of ZERO section)

References

1. https://pf.nhk-ep.co.jp/detail/1365
2. 外事警察(2009). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
3. https://www.japanbullet.com/life-style/gaiji-keisatsu-movie-adaptation-in-2012

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)