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Title: BOSS
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-16 to 2009-Jun
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Opening theme: Alright!! by superfly (download here)
Ending theme: Best Of My Life by superfly (download here)

Synopsis

This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the “boss” of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man’s heart, so she remains unable to find a husband. In fact, her assignment in the U.S. was really a demotion after she ruined her career track over a man. So why was she chosen as the boss of the new division? Even though the detectives are talented, they all have some kind of issue or flaw, and they are considered to be the “problem children” of the police force. In the end, the division’s true purpose is just to isolate these problematic detectives. –Tokyograph

Main Cast

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Hayashi Hiroshi (???)
Producers: Murase Ken (???), Misao Reiko (????)
Directors: Mitsuno Michio, Ishii Yusuke (????)
Music: Hayashi Yuki, Sawano Hiroyuki (????), Wada Takashi (????)

Preview

The truth is this drama came out from no where at least for me (was not aware of it). The casting was a shock for me as it gathered a few top actors who by themselves can carry a drama on their own. I believe the time frame of the release has a few competitors to edge out for ratings and hence the superb casting.

Yet another detective/police styled episodic crime solving drama with a disfunctional team of misfits coming together to overcome each of their personal challenges + working together to solve crimes, the drama oozes typical Japanese detective drama cliche with a slight twist but I think it will have decent ratings due to the strength of the cast.

My rating prediction on average will be about 17.

After 1 Episode

The first episode is entertaining but could be better. The plot of the first episode is well crafted with a strong twist and hook in the beginning plus a relatively good but yet predictable ending. Not so much wow factor at the moment, but I believe the quality of the drama will trend upwards along the weeks.

Amami Yuki is great as usual but personally I think her range has limits, not the best looking 40 year old actor around but somehow does have her own appeal in Japan. Yutaka is my boy, he looks good in this drama, limited scenes in the first episode, but I know he will have more scenes coming up. Tamaya Tetsuji is one of my favorites ever since I saw him early on in his career, he has a couple of leads in dramas before but somehow he chose the wrong scripts, he will go far as long as his manager makes the right choice for him, I am still bullish for him as an actor breaking out further into the film industry. And finally my home girl Toda Erika, grown more sensual now with her new hairdo, look forward to more scenes from her. The rest of the cast is at the moment still forgettable, will see if there others who shine along the way.

The cast is superbly put together with each of their characters blending in well gradually.

My rating guess on average still remains.

Review

Story/Plot: Boss is a pretty straight forward Police Drama focusing on Countermeasures and Criminal Profiling. Every episode has small twists at the end that makes the drama move, special guest stars thrown in cannot hurt either. The ending is pretty good but not superb.

Cast: Solid casting as I have mentioned before, even stronger guest stars.

Rating: Overall an enjoyable ride, not much stickiness to it with a good solid ending, again not exceptional ending but a good end to an interesting piece of work.

JapaneseeDrama Rating: 4/5

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