Tantei Galileo (Fuji TV)

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Ep 8: Mieru (Ghost Sighting)

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Episode Synopsis

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Kaoru requests Yukawa's help in the investigation of the murder of a culinary researcher.

The incident happened at a cooking classroom in a building leased to multiple tenants. The victim is one of the managers of the class, Maeda Misuzu. After her business associate, Kanazawa Yoriko, went home, Misuzu who remained in the classroom, was stabbed repeatedly by a man called Kosugi, and died. Suspicious noises attract the attention of a security officer who discovers Kosugi but he falls to his death from a window while trying to flee. There's no connection between Misuzu and Kosugi. But because Misuzu had visited to her nearest police station to talk about being a victim of a stalker about one month before the incident, the incident is deemed as a stalking murder. The media has focus on this point and criticised the police for goofing.

But what Kaoru talks to Yukawa isn't about this but about Misuzu's younger sister, Chiaki's bizarre testimony. Chiaki said she was worried when she learnt that Misuzu was troubled by a stalker, and would often go to her sister's house to stay. On the night of the incident, Chiaki was also waiting at her sister's house for her return. Chiaki said that at that moment, she had witnessed Misuzu peer inside her house from outside the window. After 10 minutes had passed and Misuzu hadn't returned, Chiaki grew concerned and called her sister on her mobile phone. However, at that moment, Misuzu was dead in the cooking classroom 30 kilometres away from home. The security officer, who had noticed the noises and stepped into the classroom, had only done so in the immediate aftermath of Misuzu's murder. Yukawa, who has heard the details of the case from Kaoru, says the phenomenon of teleportation has been reported throughout the world and indicates his strong interest in this case.

The next day, Kaoru learns from Yuge that Misuzu and Sakurako were friends. Sakurako says that she had hit it off with Misuzu when started attending her culinary classes years ago. Kaoru, who is visiting Sakurako, informs her of Chiaki's testimony, and that she has sought Yukawa's help to unravel this mystery.

In the midst of this, Yukawa and Kaoru visit Chiaki. Chiaki strongly distrusts the police for taking Misuzu's words lightly. But she is moved by Kaoru's desire to clarify the truth, and starts to talk about the moment when she saw Misuzu's figure. Chiaki attests that she had clearly seen her sister's expression as well as the yellow coat she had worn. She says she did not mistake her own reflection in the glass because the lights in the room was turned off.

Yukawa visits Misuzu's home and verifies that Chiaki couldn't have made a mistake when looking out at the garden from that distance, and also checks the indoor humidifier.

The next day, Kaoru, who is visiting Sakurako hears Misuzu's cause of death. Misuzu had died of shock due blood loss from the stab wounds. However, 2 wounds out of the 270 she sustained were considered fatal, and the shape of the weapon that dealt the other 268 wounds was different. That means that after Misuzu had been fatally stabbed, another blade was used to deliver the other 268 blows. The knife Kosugi had doesn't match the fatal wounds. Sakurako is vexed that although Misuzu had confided in her about the stalker, there was nothing she could do for her. Kaoru tells Sakurako, who has conveyed the message from the cuts on Misuzu's body, that she'll investigate thoroughly, even if she has to do it alone.

At the same moment, Yukawa is carefully inspecting not just maps but the subway and roads as he considers how a person could move 30 km in 10 minutes. The students cannot hide their astonishment at seeing Yukawa earnestly look through books he usually doesn't read for information on teleportation and other related paranormal phenomenon.

Kaoru, who visits Yukawa's lab, informs him that Kosugi doesn't have parents, siblings or friends. Despite this, Kaoru declares that there has to be a catch to this case. She says there must be some connection between what Chiaki saw and the mystery of the victim's wounds. Kuribayashi mimics Yukawa and criticises the illogicality of Kaoru's assertion. Then Yukawa cites the example of Issac Newton, who went from instinctive principle to validated truth. There are many truths derived from hunches he says and proposes to go with Kaoru's gut feeling and investigate one by one.

Yukawa, who is visiting Kosugi's apartment with Kaoru, notices an expensive audio system there. He says it is something he has always wanted. Yukawa puts the headphones on and begins listening to the music. Kaoru is irritated with Yukawa's behaviour and turns up the volume. At that moment, Yukawa notices a crunching noise and asks Kaoru about Kosugi's hairstyle. Kosugi's is a close shave. At that moment, something flashes in Yukawa's mind ...

That night, Yukawa visits Chiaki's home and does an experiment. Yukawa makes Kaoru, who is dressed in a red coat, go to Chiaki's place first, while he goes looking around. Yukawa, who just missed Kaoru when he arrived, begins by saying that they needn't wait for Kaoru.

Yukawa tells Chiaki that numerous people had witnessed a yellow coat along the shopping promenade. That wasn't Misuzu but someone else, he continues. Because she was wearing a yellow coat, she was mistaken for Misuzu due to preconception. Chiaki denies Yukawa's words. Thereupon, Yukawa turns off the room light and draw the curtain open. A person in a red coat is standing on the opposite side of the window that has condensation on it. Yukawa asks Chiaki if she can read the numeral in the sketchbook the person is holding. In response to that, Chiaki replies that even if she can't read the numeral, she knows that that person is Kaoru. But when Yukawa opens the window, it is a mannequin wearing a red coat.

Yukawa asserts that the case was disguised as a stalking murder. That means that after killing Misuzu, the murderer wore a yellow coat and walked around the vicinity of her home to cover up the matter. He says that it would seem that she had gone to the cooking classroom again after returning home for a moment. That was to create an alibi. If the matter proceeded according to the murderer's intentions, Misuzu's body wouldn't be found until the next morning. What threw the plan into disarray was Kosugi, the accomplice, plunging to his death, and Chiaki seeing the "apparition" when there shouldn't have been anyone at Misuzu's house. Yukawa says he had noticed the relationship between the murderer and Kosugi because although all visible evidence had been completely removed from Kosugi's apartment, evidence of a female's frequent comings and goings had been clearly left behind. That murderer is a person who needed a alibi, the last person who saw Misuzu - Yuriko.

Yuriko admits her crime after she is questioned. She was jealous of Misuzu's talent. She got into a quarrel with Misuzu who realised this, and stabbed her on impulse. It seems that Yuriko, who had gotten acquainted with Kosugi through a dating service website, had treated him as a pet, in exchange for taking care of his life.
　
Chiaki visits Sakurako's place and thanks her. She says that she had heard from Kaoru that Sakurako had received Misuzu's last message. Sakurako gazes at Chiaki and invites Chiaki to join her because she is making beef stew, the only dish Misuzu had called delicious.

Kaoru cooks in Yukawa's lab as she tells him about Yoriko. She says she had received a cookbook written by Misuzu from Sakurako. Yukawa, who has an interest in cooking, interferes in Kaoru's cooking. Kaoru asks him how he had come to know of Kosugi and Yoriko's relationship. Yukawa mentions the noise caused when he had turned up the volume of the audio system in Kosugi's home. It occurred because fine silicon particles floating in the air and lubricating oil had combined. A large amount of those fine silicon particles are included in hairspray. That was why Yukawa had asked Kaoru about Kosugi's hairstyle at that time.

As she listens to Yukawa, Kaoru finishes cooking. Although the dish is called "stir fried green peppers and meat", it looks like something else no matter how Yukawa looks at it. Looking at the food on the plate, Yukawa says cooking is a science and doesn't touch it. However, he fearfully takes a mouthful at Kaoru's insistence and his expression changes with surprise...

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Episode 9 (Part 1) Trailer Synopsis

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Yukawa is consulted on an incident involving a graduate of Teito University by Kaoru.

Kaoru and Yuge, who were visiting a junior high school in the precinct to hold a public class on crime prevention at the school festival, found an exhibited plaster mask called "zombie's death mask". Then a lady called Fujikawa Nobue appeared and said that the face was that of her missing son. According to the student who made the mask, the mould for the displayed mask was formed from a metallic mask picked up at the nature park's pond.

Searching the nature park, the police discovered the body of a male on the bottom of the pond. The victim is Fujikawa Yuichi, a graduate of Teito University's department of nuclear engineering who works at a medical equipment maker. There's gun trace on Fujikawa's brow. Yukawa is interested in the phenomenon of the corpse's face floating in the pond and goes to the nature park with Kaoru. There are unending signs that that pond is an illegal dump. Then a call from Sakurako comes in. She has established that Fujikawa had been irradiated by nuclear radiation.

Before long, Kaoru and the rest learn that the person who set up the company that Fujikawa worked in, was Kijima, a former professor a Teito University's department of nuclear engineering. And 5 days before Fujikawa disappeared, he and Kijima were witnessed having an argument. Kaoru and Yuge go to ask Kijima about the incident but he is away on an overseas business trip. However, according to Kijima's secretary Kyoko, Kiijima was on an overseas business trip at the time Fujikawa was though to have been murdered.

At that moment, Kusanagi visits Kaoru and the rest. He tells them that an explosion had occurred at Ryuujin lake about a month earlier. A boat floating on the lake suddenly had a huge explosion, and it was thought that an adult male who had been on the boat had died. He says that the police had learnt from the bits of flesh found at that time, that the victim had been the target of nuclear radiation. Kaoru and Yuge start to investigate the connection between Fujikawa's case and the explosion but ...

Guest stars:
Sakamoto Makoto as Fujikawa Yuichi
Izumi Akiko as Fujikawa Nobue
Kume Hiroshi as Kijima
Honjo Manami as Kyoko

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Ep 9-1: Hazeru (Burst)

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Episode Synopsis

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On the night of 13 October, an explosion occurred at Ryuujin lake in Tochigi prefecture. A boat floating on the lake suddenly burst into flames and blew up.

About one and the half months following the incident, Yukawa hears about a bizarre case involving a graduate of Teito University from Kaoru.

Kaoru and Yuge held a public class on crime prevention at the school festival of a junior high school. On their way out, they were drawn to an exhibition by the art department and shocked upon seeing the rather life-like facial expression on an exhibited plaster mask called "zombie's death mask". Then a lady called Fujikawa Nobue appeared, and shuddered as she looked at the mask. Nobue said that that the face was that of her missing son. Kaoru and Yuge question the student who made the mask. According to him, the mould for the displayed mask was formed from a metallic mask picked up at the nature park's pond.

Searching the nature park, the police discovered the body of a male on the bottom of the pond. The victim is Fujikawa Yuichi who works at a medical equipment maker. A worried Nobue had asked the police to search for her son because she hadn't heard from him for about a month. The probability that Fujikawa was murdered is high due to the gun trace on his brow. Fujikawa was from Teito University and a graduate of the now defunct department of nuclear engineering. As the caretaker of his apartment had witnessed him riding his motor bike out on 21 October, it is thought that the time of his murder was between 21 October 3.30 p.m. and 1 November, the day the student found the metallic mask.

Yukawa is interested in the phenomenon of the corpse's face floating in the pond and goes to the nature park with Kaoru. There are unending signs that that pond is an illegal dump. According to the investigation, the metallic mask that was discovered and the aluminum boards dumped into the pond are the same. Then a call from Sakurako comes in. She has established a new fact. Fujikawa had been irradiated by nuclear radiation. Furthermore, there is a high probability that he had been doused with neutron radiation.

Kaoru and Yuge learn that the person who set up the company that Fujikawa worked in, was Kijima, a former professor a Teito University's department of nuclear engineering. And 5 days before Fujikawa disappeared, he and Kijima were witnessed having an argument. They go to ask Kijima about the incident but he is away on an overseas business trip. However, according to Kijima's secretary Kyoko, Kiijima was on an overseas business trip at the time Fujikawa was though to have been murdered.　

As she gives her account of the case, Kaoru notices that Yukawa appears different from usual. She asks Yukawa if something had happened with Kijima but Yukawa doesn't speak a word.

At that moment, Kusanagi visits Kaoru and the rest. He tells them that an explosion had occurred at Ryuujin lake about a month earlier. A boat floating on the lake suddenly had a huge explosion, and it was thought that an adult male who had been on the boat had died. He says that the police had learnt from the bits of flesh found at that time, that the victim had been the target of nuclear radiation. In addition, there are signs that he, like Fujikawa, had been irradiated by neutron radiation. Kaoru and Yuge start to investigate the connection between Fujikawa's case and the explosion.

At the same time, Yukawa, who had been consulted by Kusanagi on the Yonin lake case, examines reports on the incident. Aware of what Yukawa has been up to, Kuribayashi advises him to pull out of the case. "What do you intend to do if Professor Kijima is involved in this case?" Kuribayashi asks Yukawa with a serious expression on his face.

The next day, Yukawa encounters Harasawa, a waste disposer when he visits the nature park alone. Harasawa says he has volunteered to clear the area around the pond. When Yukawa helps Harasawa with his work, he sees a heap of waste material at the company. He discovers a steel frame with cord coiled around it as he examines the scrap heap that had been recovered shortly before Fujikawa's dead body was found. Something flashes in Yukawa's mind when he sees that.

Yukawa calls Kaoru to come to the lab and begins an experiment. He has prepared a lightning discharge mechanism which uses a condenser. A cord is extended from that and its tip placed in a water tank. The bust of a mannequin and aluminum has been placed inside the tank.

When the condenser is charged and switched on, there's a flash between the electrodes, and in the next instant a furious boom resounds. Countless bubbles appear in the water tank. When the bubbles disappear, the aluminum has stuck fast on the face of the mannequin. Yukawa retrieves the mannequin from the tank, and peels off the aluminum. "This is a true death mask," he says. Yukawa says that lightning struck the nature park, and the shock waves due to the electric energy released into the water through the electric cord, created the death mask.

However, Kaoru spots a problem. The meteorological agency said that lightning struck the vicinity of the nature park on 19 October. According to the eyewitness account, Fujikawa should still have been alive. Thereupon Yukawa replies that he had been killed and submerged in the pond. That means, the eyewitness account on 21 October had been intentionally created by someone.

Kaoru rushes out of the lab to review the eyewitness account again. She receives a call from Yuge. The identity of the man who died in the Yonin lake incident had been determined. For some inexplicable reason, the man is Umezato Naohiko, Fujikawa's former colleague.

At that moment, Yukawa is visiting Kijima's residence. Then, Kijima, who has returned from his overseas business trip appears ...

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Episode 10 (Part 2) Trailer Synopsis

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Yukawa visits his former teacher, Kijima. Yukawa, who knows from Kusanagi's call that the body found shot to death at the nature park and the bomb victim at Ryuujin lake, were both Kijima's company employees, broaches the two cases. He asks Kijima if he is still conducting research into a nonexistent alloyed metal that completely reflects neutrons because both victims had been irradiated with radiation. It is a potential material for military use and Yukawa had done such research under Kijima when he was a professor at Teito University.

At the same time, Kaoru, who is visiting Yukawa's lab, learns about the relationship between him and Kijima from Kuribayashi. Kuribayashi tells her that Kijima had been dismissed from the university probably because Yukawa had reported Kijima's research, and that Yukawa shouldn't get involved with Kijima any more. Kaoru, who is shocked by the story, doesn't answer Yukawa's call and goes with Yuge to review Kijima's company.

That night, Yukawa comes to Kaoru's police station. Asked why she didn't answer his phone call, Kaoru replies that she is sorry for causing him trouble and is about to walk away. In response to that, Yukawa says he'll no longer have anything to do with Kaoru but declares that he will unravel the mystery of this case.

However, the following day, Kijima's secretary Kyoko leaves behind a note claiming responsibility for the two cases and commits suicide. Kaoru is suspicious about the death but ...

Guest stars:
Sakamoto Makoto as Fujikawa Yuichi
Kume Hiroshi as Kijima
Honjo Manami as Kyoko

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Viewership ratings for Galileo which ended its run yesterday:
Ep1 - 24.7%
Ep2 - 22.1%
Ep3 - 21.3%
Ep4 - 23.6%
Ep5 - 22.9%
Ep6 - 21.4%
Ep7 - 21.9%
Ep8 - 19.9%
Ep9 - 21.7%
Ep10 - 19.6%
Avg - 21.9%

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Ep 10-2: Hazeru (Burst)

Episode Synopsis

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Yukawa waits for his former teacher, Kijima, to return from his overseas business trip and visits his residence. Yukawa, who knows from Kusanagi's call that the body found shot to death at the nature park and the bomb victim at Ryuujin lake, were both Kijima's company employees, broaches the two cases. He asks Kijima if he is still conducting research into red mercury, a nonexistent alloyed metal that completely reflects neutrons, because both victims had been irradiated with radiation. That alloy can be used to create a nuclear reactor, even with a small amount of plutonium, and is, at the same time, a potential material for military use. When Kijima was still a professor at Teito University, Yukawa had been a member of the team that did such research. While Kijima doesn't think his ideas were wrong at that time, he now has nothing to do with red mercury. As Yukawa takes his leave, he tells Kijima that he will definitely reveal the real facts of the two cases.

At the same time, Kaoru, who is visiting Yukawa's lab, learns about the relationship between him and Kijima from Kuribayashi. Kuribayashi tells her that Kijima had been dismissed from the university probably because Yukawa had reported Kijima's research. He then bows his head and tells Kaoru that he doesn't want her to disturb Yukawa any further because Yukawa, a promising physicist, shouldn't get involved with a person like Kijima.

Shocked by the story, Kaoru doesn't answer Yukawa's call and goes with Yuge to review Kijima's company. However, they do not find any information related to the case.

Kaoru and Yuge also ask Kijima about the case. There's an eyewitness account saying that Kijima had a quarrel with Fujikawa, who had been shot dead. However, Kijima replies that they were just having a discussion regarding the differences in their scholarly viewpoints.

That night, Yukawa comes to Kaoru's police station. Asked why she didn't answer his phone call, Kaoru replies that she had reflected on how she had grown accustomed to relying on him, and is about to walk away. Yukawa, who understands Kaoru's point, says that he'll no longer have anything to do with her from now on but declares that he will unravel the mystery of this case.

However, the following day, the case takes an unexpected turn. Kijima's secretary, Kyoko, commits suicide and leaves behind a note claiming responsibility for the two deaths. The gun Kyoko had used to kill herself is the same model as the one used to kill Fujikawa. However, Kaoru claims that there's more to the case than meets the eye and tells Yuge to continue with investigations.

Kuribayashi, who learns that Yukawa has no intention of giving up his examination of the case, goes to Ryuujin lake, gathers information and comes back to the lab. Murase and Yukawa's other students start helping to sort out the the information Kuribayashi has brought back.

Yukawa regards the explosion that occurred at Ryuujin lake as being the result of a reaction between an alkali metal and water. However, from the scale of the explosion, it is possible that it is an unknown metal. At that moment, a call comes in from Kusanagi, who says that they have received information that Umezato, who was killed at Ryuujin lake, was an arms trader. Looking at the picture of Umezato and Fujikawa, Yukawa remembers Kijima's words and reconsiders the context of the case. Kijima, who is suspected in the two cases, had said to Yukawa "It is better if you rewrite the basis of your report." Yukawa wonders whether Fujikawa could have killed Umezato, and looks at their two photos once again. As he does so, he notices that Fujikawa had a file called "Super NaK" on his desk. Super NaK is still being developed and is a sodium alloy that is used to cool nuclear reactions. Yukawa tells his students that they can do what Fujikawa could, and develops and tests it.

Meanwhile, following Sakurako's advice, Kaoru, who had enlisted a forensic researcher at the acoustic lab to examine the audio in the telephone message recording Fujikawa had left, learns that Fujikawa's voice had be created by sampling. Receiving this report from Kaoru, Kusanagi tells her that the police will review their investigations and instructs her to rest tonight.

As Kaoru is about to return home, she receives a call from Yukawa. He tells her that he wants her to come to his lab because he wants to speak to her. Although Kaoru hesitates, she agrees.

Yukawa, returns his lab after the successful development of Super NaK and conclusion of the explosive test, to find Kijima there. Yukawa tells Kijima that Fujikawa, who knew that Umezato was an arms trader sent to their company, had used Super NaK to kill him. Fujikawa then visited Kijima's residence prepared to kill him but ended up being killed. To create an alibi, Kyoko masqueraded as Fujikawa riding the motorbike, fabricated the voice in the telephone message recording, then Kijima laid the blame on Kyoko and shot her, Yukawa asserts. While Kijima praises Yukawa, he points out one thing that Yukawa got wrong. He says Kyoko chose to die to protect his research.

Kijima tells Yukawa that he had continued his research to live up to the expectations of Kyoko, the only person who understood him, and strips off a curtain in one corner of the lab. The sight of Kaoru gagged, shackled and connected to a device that uses red mercury is revealed. If he doesn't terminate it by midnight, half of Tokyo will be destroyed, Kijima tells Yukawa.

Yukawa declares that Kijima isn't qualified to be a scientist. Yukawa says that Kijima, who had not only continued with dangerous research but also taken the lives of two people without dirtying his hands, and is about to put the guilt on him this time, isn't qualified to create the future. "Then prove whether you can create the future with your ability," Kijima says and leaves the room.

Yukawa, who remained behind, stops Kaoru from telling him to flee and starts to dismantle the bomb Kijima made. There is less than 3 hours left.

Yukawa cautiously proceeds with his work, breaking the circuits one after the other. Before long, he makes it to disassembling the device. A green wire and red wire are lined side by side at the last stage. Yukawa asks Kaoru for her favourite colour. She replies "pink". The next instant, Yukawa leans toward the device and cuts off a wire. It is a pink wire that had been hidden by a bundle of wires. Yukawa, who had succeeded in disarming the bomb in the nick of time, holds out a helping hand to Kaoru. A relieved Kaoru flings herself at Yukawa and hugs him ...

Some time after the incident, Yukawa working on an experiment in the lab together with his students. Kaoru rushes in and asks Yukawa for his help in an investigation. She says that the murderer had leapt out of the apartment building's 45th floor, floated in the air and disappeared. "That's truly interesting," Yukawa replies ...

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I'm watching this at the moment! I love it!!!! I just up to ep 6 at the moment, waiting for the last 4 episodes impatiently! It's a good idea to bring so many *old timers* guest stars, I look forward to see the slim Kyoko Fukada... can't wait!

Thanks Jade for the sub and the update in this thread... I'm so excited with this exciting dorama... ^o^ v

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I enjoyed watching this series! It's good!!!

Fukada Kyoko-chan was so gorgeous in episode 7!

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Ahahahahha! I'm watching episode 01 now and already swarms of women are coming from all over and throwing themselves at Kitamura Kazuki's character. Hahaha I can't say I blame them.

I'm slowly watching it now because I shouldn't be, I should be working on an essay.

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For some reason watching this drama, reminds me much of the Trick drama, except they're more serious and the weird occurances they actually solve instead of talking about how it was done.

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Fukuyama Masaharu, Shibasaki Kou to star in movie adaptation of Galileo

Fukuyama Masaharu will appear in a movie 20 years after his debut film. Fuji Television has decided to make the drama, Galileo - currently airing on Mondays at 9.00 p.m. - into a movie after the first episode enjoyed high viewership ratings. The broadcast of the episode 1 on 15 October captured an average viewership of 24.7% in the Kanto region (22.8% in the Kansai region). Encouraged by the good start, Fuji has moved with exceptional speed - before the broadcast of episode 2 - to make an official decision on the adaptation.

The movie will be based on Higashino Keigo's Naoki Prize winning best seller, Yougisha X no Kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X). This novel is the third in the author's series of mystery novels after Tantei Galileo and Yochiyume.

Besides Masha's return as the genius physicist Yukawa Manabu, Shibasaki Kou, Kitamura Kazuki and the rest of the regular cast will reprise their roles in the movie. Yukawa's rival, the popular character Ishigami Tetsuya, a genius mathematician, will appear in the movie. Filming is scheduled to begin early in the new year. The movie premiere is slated for autumn 2008.

The story is about a genius mathematician and high school teacher Ishigami Tetsuya, who has taken a fancy to Hanaoka Yasuko, a lady working at a bento store. He learns that Yasuko and her daugther have killed a person and helps the two of them to construct the perfect alibi. The police investigation runs into difficulty and detective Kusanagi Shunpei seeks the advice of his friend, the brilliant physicist Yukawa Manabu. Ishigami is Yukawa's university friend. A fierce battle breaks out between the genius mathematician and genius physicist.

Tsutsumi Shinichi has been cast as Ishigami Tetsuya while Matsuyuki Yasuko plays the suspected murderer Hanaoka Yasuko.

Filming began in mid January and is ongoing. The release is still scheduled for this autumn.

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yatta!!!! look forward for this

[Lady Zhuge]

Tsutsumi Shinichi has been cast as Ishigami Tetsuya while Matsuyuki Yasuko plays the suspected murderer Hanaoka Yasuko.

I bet you have no complaints about those casting choices.

I thought this series was okay overall. It lacked the crucial charisma Trick had and was therefore not as good in my book. While I'm happy that Masha won Best Actor, I don't think this was his best performance.

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I bet you have no complaints about those casting choices.

I thought this series was okay overall. It lacked the crucial charisma Trick had and was therefore not as good in my book. While I'm happy that Masha won Best Actor, I don't think this was his best performance.

Haha you know me so well.

Yes Tsutsumi Shinichi! Interestingly enough Matsuyuki Yasuko was Tsutsumi's rumoured paramour some years back. They also starred together in Beginner.

I totally agree with you about Tantei Galileo lacking the charm that Trick possessed. I found it rather average although it swept many awards. And the quality was rather inconsistent across the episodes. That might have something to do with the directing duties shared amongst three directors.

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There'll be a drama special for Galileo on the day the movie premieres in Japan.

Galileo ~ Episode Zero
Date: From 9.00 p.m., 4 October 2008
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Haruma Miura, Nagasawa Masami, Karina, Fukuyama Masaharu, Kitamura Kazuki
Synopsis: Set 3 years before the drama, Detective Kusanagi Shunpei (Kitamura Kazuki) visits Teito University to gather clues for a murder investigation and is re-acquainted with Yukawa Manabu (Fukuyama Masaharu) who was from the same badminton club. Episode Zero also goes back to the time when the two of them were in university and depicts Kusanagi’s recognition of Yukawa’s sleuthing ability. Haruma Miura will star as the younger Yukawa.

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Drama SP website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/galileozero/index.html

Official movie website: http://www.yougisha-x.com/

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Some pictures from the press conference for the movie, Yogisha X no Kenshin

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