One of my favorite J-actor '
Oguri Shun' is having a comeback!This time he plays in an action/comedy genre drama named 'TOKYO DOGS'.
The drama synopsis
Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given.
1st episode review
The 1st episode as any other drama is all about the character's introduction. Oguri Shun plays a 'cool' slash good detective named Takakura So. The story highlighted about an attack to one organization done by a US-Japan team lead by Takakura. Shortly, the attack was fail, and Takakura sent back to Japan and teamed up with fighter detective Kudo Maruo and continue his investigation towards the organization.
What I like about J-drama is how they put us viewers into such
mind exercise as we need to pay attention closely to the drama or we might missed out the small yet important details in the drama. Oguri Shun this time portrays such a cool yet good detective character, wearing a suit and always w/ serious face. Oguri Shun reunites with fellow actor cum model Mizushima Hiro from
HanaKimi drama in this action/comedy drama. Hiro plays the lively fighter detective character named Kudo Maruo. These 2 are people w/ 2 different characters yet they completed each other's weakness. I also like on how So's mother is always calling during their operation and how So is always asking her a 10 minutes time b4 he returns her call and he did it (the operation) in 10 minutes period. Though he feel disturbed to her calls, yet he always answering her calls - talking about a polite son here ^^
Meanwhile, Maruo is the one who will put a lively atmosphere into the drama. I can see that these 2 will be doing just fine despite their 2 different characters.
There's also a female character named Yuki. Yuki is the one whom So and Maruo found during their US attack. She's suspected to have such an important role in the organization yet she lose her memory and that is the reason why these 2 detectives are guarding her.
I love how So's character is alway cool and all, Oguri Shun really portrays the character well I must say :D Hiro is also doing the same for his Maruo character
Besides action, this drama is also puts a comedy element into the drama. I was super lol-ed when these 2 men argues during an attack. It's also funny when So's throwing such a random comment during conversation like when he suddenly asked Maruo 'bout which restaurant that he n Yuki intended to go , then he suddenly talks about how bad the Tom Yam is, etc. haha..super random ^^
I really enjoyed this 1st eps and I def looking forward to watch the 2nd eps the soonest I get my free time.
Watch the drama via videos below!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
