Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/fixer2
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Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 9 July 2023
Episodes
5
Network
WOWOW
Synopsis
Tokyo governor Yokomiya Saburo has set his sights on running for a second term. But as the next election draws near, suspicions about his involvement in a project to reclaim Tokyo Bay emerges. Meanwhile, a Maichou Shimbun journalist Watanabe Tatsuya, who has been investigating these allegations, gets an opportunity for an exclusive interview from Yokomiya. However, when he enters the designated hotel room for the interview, Yokomiya’s wife Hiroko is bleeding from the head and collapses. Watanabe is arrested and charged with attempted murder. The prosecutor in charge of this case is the cool-headed Sasaki Yukino, the same person who once put Shitara Kenichi behind bars. Shitara gets the lawyer Sugitani Nahoko to defend Watanabe for a hefty fee. Behind the forces that are trying to get Watanabe falsely charged in connection with the next governor’s race are hints of Hongo Goichi who yet again holds sway over the political and business establishments. Then there are the actions of Shitara’s supposed right-hand man Maruoka Shinnosuke whose secret comes to light. What will Watanabe’s fate be beyond Shitara’s secret manoeuvres.
Characters
Karasawa Toshiaki as Shitara Kenichi
A mysterious fixer. He handles situations that cannot be solved by the police or the law which range from settling political problems to preventing disputes between companies. No one has detailed information on what his life has been like thus far.
Eguchi Noriko as Sasaki Yukino
A prosecutor who seems to have irreproachable conduct at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office. She was the prosecutor when Shitara Kenichi was arrested and charged for violence due to illegal transactions in the past. Sugitani Nahoko was her junior but something resulted in the enmity between them. She charges Watanabe Tatsuya with the attempted murder of Yokomiya Hiroko. There is a mastermind behind her … …
Machida Keita as Watanabe Tatsuya
A political journalist with Maichou Shimbun, a major newspaper. He is an honest man who pursues the truth without being influenced by those around him. He is suspected of attempting murder Tokyo governor Yokomiya Saburo’s wife Hiroko as he happened to be there when she collapsed.
Suzuki Honami as Sugitani Nahoko
A former prosecutor turned shrewd lawyer. She quit being a prosecutor after she was given an unreasonable punishment. She has a reputation for well-placed barbs and she gets endless requests to handle criminal and civil cases. Because she willingly appears in the media, she is a well-known figure. She hit it off with Sawamura Reiko after appearing on her news programme and they began exchanging information. As a result, she is introduced by Reiko to Shitara Kenichi and she agrees to defend Watanabe Tatsuya for a hefty fee. But … …
Ishiguro Ken as Yokomiya Saburo
The governor of Tokyo. He was a former member of the Upper House but Suzaki Ichiro, the Democratic Liberal Party’s Secretary-General, sent him to run in the Tokyo governor race and he was successfully elected. There is suspicion that he is secretly pushing a Tokyo Bay reclamation project forward. He is believed to have received illegal donations from a construction company and given them a contract in return. The attack on his wife Hiroko shocks him.
Matobu Sei as Yokomiya Hiroko
Tokyo governor Yokomiya Saburo’s wife. Before they got married, she was a former Miss Japan and television personality. But now she is a homemaker and calls herself a culinary researcher. While her husband is under suspicion of receiving illegal donations, she is attacked by someone and ends up in a coma … …
Saito Yuki as Watanabe Kyoko
Watanabe Tatsuya’s mother. A nurse. She brought up her son on her own. When she was still a rookie nurse, she met a man and conceived Tatsuya. Tatsuya gets entangled in the incident involving Tokyo governor Yokomiya Saburo’s wife Hiroko. In addition, Hiroko is brought to the hospital where she works in a critical condition.
Uchida Yuki as Sawamura Reiko
A popular newscaster for a news programme. She and Shitara Kenichi became acquainted through some incident and they came to recognise they have common ground and exchange information. certain mutual understanding. He makes an unexpected proposal regarding her future career.
Nishida Toshiyuki as Hongo Goichi
The fixer who has dominated Japan for a long time. A puppeteer who has Secretary-General Suzaki Ichiro completely in his control and also a say in the party’s management. At times, he would even plot kidnappings. He intended to make someone whom he can influence the next prime minister. But it does not go his way and he plays into Shitara Kenichi’s hands.
Tomita Yasuko as Nitta Sayuri
The prime minister. She previously defeated the Chief Cabinet Secretary and young promising lawmakers to win the election. Although she is hailed as the country’s first female prime Minister, Secretary-General Suzaki Ichiro is the one who controls personnel affairs. She suspects that he is also involved in the alleged illegal donations.
Kobayashi Kaoru as Suzaki Ichiro
The Democratic Liberal Party’s Secretary-General. He seems to be mild-mannered and gentlemanly, and also has a considerable say within the party. However, he is an enigmatic character who fears speaking his true feelings. There are glimmers of him in the shadow of Tokyo governor Yokomiya Saburo’s illegal donations scandal.
Scriptwriter
Inoue Yumiko (Fixer Season 1, Kinkyuu Torishirabeshitsu Series, Pandora Series)
Directors
Nishiura Masaki, Ikebe Yasutoshi
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