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A bomb explosion incident occurs in downtown Tokyo and Ginza. Many people are caught in the explosion, and Kuraki Naotake, a police superintendent in Public Security Bureau, loses his wife. Together with Osugi Ryota and Akeboshi Misa, they start to investigate the incidents. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Mozu no Sakebu Yoru" by Osaka Go. Edit Translation

  • English
  • Español
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Apr 10, 2014 - Jun 12, 2014
  • Aired On: Thursday
  • Original Network: TBS
  • Duration: 54 min.
  • Score: 7.9 (scored by 548 users)
  • Ranked: #2829
  • Popularity: #6255
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Completed
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27 people found this review helpful
Jun 30, 2014
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 6
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
Mozu has been one of my top anticipations for this year’s Japanese spring season. Apparently, I had too much hope that I ended up with partial letdown.

Don’t get the wrong idea, this drama is better than other Jdramas I saw this season; it’s also unique and quite exciting to follow but it simply couldn’t keep the pace. Mozu started amazingly; packed events, intriguing characters and an involving high-scale mystery. With such a promising beginning, you would draw certain lines in your head, such as “this drama will be some sort of masterpiece”. However, that never lasted for too long.

The problem with Mozu is the unbalanced events and empty parts that made concentration almost impossible. The screenwriting of this drama failed to keep thing coherent and well-built even with all the potential they gave it at first. Some episodes were too slow to ingest while others were too packed to fully understand, the screenwriter couldn’t spread his story the right way. Moreover, the high-scale conspiracy turned out to become too predictable for my taste; that was almost a criminal act against mystery/suspense lovers, I surely expected more than that from a drama co-produced by two of my favorite Japanese channels TBS and WOWOW.

The acting was superb; Nishijima was really good as Kuraki, he had an aura that I love to see in my male lead’s character especially with his tone and facial expressions. Maki and Kagawa were great main characters too; their acting was well suited for their characters. The remaining cast were remarkable, especially Ikematsu and Hisegawa; these two actors gave a chilling performance to make their character feel so complicated, hateful and even lovable.

The characterization for this drama was really nice especially with the back stories given to many characters in order to explain their behaviors. Although some characters weren’t that interesting and others didn’t maintain their involving traits until the end but overall, they were acceptable and even enjoyable.

The soundtrack for Mozu isn’t forgettable; I liked the way it connects with what’s happening. The cinematography was also dark and gloomy in a way that fits the drama’s tone.

Watch if:
-You like action, crime dramas.
-You like interesting characterization.

Do not watch if:
-You’re looking for a mind-blowing drama.
-You’re looking for a puzzling mystery.

On a personal level, I really didn’t hate Mozu despite all of its flaws. It sneaks into you somehow and makes you addicted especially if you’re into crime oriented stories. I enjoyed this and I certainly tried to overlook many of its obvious flaws. I call it a guilty pleasure but I surely liked this drama. I am only hoping that the screenwriter will revise his way of making events in the second season.

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Completed
Ophois
9 people found this review helpful
Nov 5, 2014
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.5
The production of this drama is beyond ordinary from tv series. I haven't seen this kind of production with tv series before in j-drama, i wish they have more of this kind of production, it's like film production not a tv-series. I have to give loud of appluse to the production team, they did well. The camera angles they used here with the scnes were impact and dynamic.

The story and the script were great, i love how they tell the story here. Even though you aren't a fan of suspended and mystery please give this one a try, it's worth a watch. I'm a big fan of this type of drama and Mozu also added the dark tone into it which i love it as well, it's rare to see dark mood and tone in tv-drama these days, so this drama is really make my day.

The characters from the 3 main leads were great. The killer and also antagonist were great as well. I have to admitted that in some scnes i was bitting my teenth because i get too excited while i was watching. I think from episode 1-6 were the best part and then 9-10 were great as well. I don't feel like overdone anythingin this drama. The episode 7 and 8 are great too they need these to build up the tension of the drama. Hope you will enjoy this drama as the same way as i do.

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  • Drama: MOZU: Mozu no Sakebu Yoru
  • Country: Japan
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Apr 10, 2014 - Jun 12, 2014
  • Aired On: Thursday
  • Original Network: TBS
  • Duration: 54 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 7.9 (scored by 548 users)
  • Ranked: #2829
  • Popularity: #6255
  • Watchers: 1,540

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