Official Website
www.tv-asahi.co.jp/daimajin
Twitter
twitter.com/daimajinEX
Broadcast
From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 7 July 2023
Station
TV Asahi
Synopsis
Daiba Jin, the ace of the Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigation Division with the highest rate of arrests, is so strong that he is nicknamed “Daimajin” as a pun on his name. A passionate man with the strongest sense of justice, Daimajin rushes to a crime scene faster than anyone else. But he has a dark secret. He metes out punishment to perpetrators of unsolved crimes who cannot be punished by the law. Today, he has just murdered Amo Dai, the CEO of AMO Security and a former Metropolitan Police Department stalwart, and made it appear as a suicide. However, this matter comes to the attention of Hirayasu Saimon, the brilliant and heartless head of the Special Investigations Unit. He forces Daiba into working as his “slave” in exchange for turning a blind eye. Daiba is transferred to the Special Investigations Unit. At that moment, a member of the Diet is shot. Kaku Sakura and Botan Noriyuki tell Daiba that a certain secret society is involved in this case. In addition, Daiba learns that they had thought Amo was the real criminal in an unsolved case but the truth was covered up because he was also a member of this society. As Daiba follows Hirayasu’s instructions and secretly get rid of criminals that the police cannot get their hands on, he ends up venturing into a dark side of the police organisation and nation that should never be touched. Meanwhile, detective Tanabata Yuka listens to the only girl who was rescued while investigating a series of kidnappings and murders of young girls, and secretly begins to suspect Daiba who matches the criminal’s features.
Characters
Ikuta Toma as Daiba Jin
Like his nickname Daimajin, he is tall and solidly built. He has a piercing stare and tousled hair. He was once married to Takada Miwako. With his strength in combat, ability to visualise the situation from a victim’s perspective, and a very strong sense of justice, he is acknowledged as the ace of the First Investigation Division. However, there is no way he can overlook the former Metropolitan Police Department stalwart who is a serial kidnapper as well as murderer of young girls and will never be arrested by fair means under the law. He ends serving justice but Hirayasu Saimon uses this knowledge to make him become a “slave”.
Tsuchiya Tao as Tanabata Yuka
A police sergeant with the First Investigation Division’s Fourth Violent Crimes Unit and a member of the investigation task force that is investigating the serial kidnappings of young girls. She has figured out that the kidnapper used to be a prominent figure in the Metropolitan Police Department but has doubts when his death is treated as a suicide. While pursuing the truth, she realises that the killer is Daiba Jin and starts to confirm his actions with much curiosity. But as she follows him around, she gradually gets attracted to his personality. She eventually has to fight against a powerful enemy together with Daiba and Hirayasu Saimon.
Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Urabe Takanori
An inspector with the Criminal Investigations and Information Analysis Centre. He uses the latest systems for investigations. While he is a member of the special investigations unit which specialises in unsolved crimes, he has no interest in getting involved in current cases that are far removed from his original duties.
Takahashi Katsunori as Nagiri Yukito
The director of the Metropolitan Police’s Public Security Department. He suspects the death of Amo Dai of AMO Security was murder and not suicide. He makes an offer to Hirayasu Saimon to exchange various information that the Public Security Department has obtained in return for word on Amo’s killer. However, he is an inscrutable, enigmatic character, making it hard to tell whether he is an ally or foe.
Mukai Osamu as Hirayasu Saimon
The head of the First Investigation Division’s Special Investigations Unit and a Tokyo University alumnus. He looks like a neat man with a gentle nature and not good at fighting. However, he is quick thinking and has the nerve to coolly make observations even when he is being attacked by a killer and in a tight spot. He is extremely cautious and is it difficult to read his true feelings because of his poker face. He brings Daiba Jin on board the special investigations unit in exchange for keeping Daiba’s secret to himself. Furthermore, he uses this weakness to become Daiba’s “owner” and works him hard as if he were his personal servant. Before long, the two of them end up cutting into the dark side of the police organisation that has been covered up, but … …
Narumi Riko as Takada Miwako
Daiba Jin’s ex-wife. When they were married, she tried hard to support him but she feared his exceptionally strong sense of justice. In addition, he was never able to open up to her which left her feeling empty and led to their divorce. She is a lawyer and ends up defending a man who is accused of murdering a former Metropolitan Police Department stalwart. In the process, she starts to suspect that the true culprit might be Daiba.
Takuma Shin as Amo Dai
The CEO of AMO Security. He was formerly the second highest ranking officer at the Metropolitan Police Department and the person who created the Special Investigations Unit. However, he used the police organisation to protect his family and relatives and cover up the shocking deeds that he committed. Furious that he was not punished by the law, Daiba Jin took things into his own hands and made his death look like a suicide, but … …
Original Work
Keibuho Daimajin by Richard Woo
Scriptwriter
Tokunaga Yuichi (Lupin no Musume Series, Good Doctor, Kirawareru Yuuki)
Director
Miike Takashi
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