Locked Room Drama
Went searching for this one in the internet archive after finding out that they have Japanese dramas on their as well. 10 years later, the drama still holds up.
As a Procedural / Puzzle Solver drama it has limited focus on character development and focuses on the competency of Kei Enomoto (Satoshi Ohno), a security worker and lock fanatic, Junko Aoto (Erika Toda), a new lawyer who's emotions often propel the plot towards taking cases, and Gou Serizawa (Koichi Sato), the skeptical ambitious senior lawyer who often helps provide comic relief.
While I enjoy crime dramas, I am a sucker for more campy procedural crime dramas. I enjoyed the shows focus on "Locked Room Murders." Just like other procedurals, there are limited time in the episodes, so there are limited suspects. The drama does a good job of keeping the audience engaged on the "how" more than the just the "who." More than just the talent on screen, I also enjoyed the editing and music. The scores are excellent and are also used as identifying cues in multiple ways in each ways. There are dramatic cuts in scenes and music scores to keep the audiences attention. Finally of course there is the outro that includes one of ARASHI's songs (Face Down) each episode.
It was entertaining and mostly light hearted. 9.5/10 - I re-watched it, didn't I?
As a Procedural / Puzzle Solver drama it has limited focus on character development and focuses on the competency of Kei Enomoto (Satoshi Ohno), a security worker and lock fanatic, Junko Aoto (Erika Toda), a new lawyer who's emotions often propel the plot towards taking cases, and Gou Serizawa (Koichi Sato), the skeptical ambitious senior lawyer who often helps provide comic relief.
While I enjoy crime dramas, I am a sucker for more campy procedural crime dramas. I enjoyed the shows focus on "Locked Room Murders." Just like other procedurals, there are limited time in the episodes, so there are limited suspects. The drama does a good job of keeping the audience engaged on the "how" more than the just the "who." More than just the talent on screen, I also enjoyed the editing and music. The scores are excellent and are also used as identifying cues in multiple ways in each ways. There are dramatic cuts in scenes and music scores to keep the audiences attention. Finally of course there is the outro that includes one of ARASHI's songs (Face Down) each episode.
It was entertaining and mostly light hearted. 9.5/10 - I re-watched it, didn't I?
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