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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000)
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000)
Original name: 相棒
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
Style: detective, tense, captivating, crime drama
Plot: police, government conspiracy, partner, investigation, murder investigation, police partner, crime investigation, team, unsolved crime, police investigation, homicide detective, crime solving, cold case, partners against crime, uncover truth, organized crime, gangster, duo
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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