Galileo (2007)

Original title

ガリレオ

Directed by

Nishitani Hiroshi, Narita Gaku, Sawada Kensaku, Nishisaka Mizuki

Cast

Fukuyama Masaharu, Shibasaki Kou, Kitamura Kazuki, Shinagawa Hiroshi, Watanabe Ikkei, Maya Miki, Hayashi Tsuyoshi, Aoi

Genre

drama television series, crime television series, mystery television series

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 21 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rookie police detective teams up with a brilliant physics professor to solve strange crimes. Their cases involve scientific puzzles and logical deductions.

intellectualmysteriousproceduralfocusedclevermethodicalcuriousunderstated

What happens

Galileo (ガリレオ, Garireo) is a mystery crime Japanese television drama based on the Detective Galileo (探偵ガリレオ, Tantei Garireo) novels by Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾, Higashino Keigo). It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie police detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a genius science professor, as the two pair up to solve mysterious cases. The series premiered on Fuji TV on October 15, 2007, with a second season premiering six years later on April 15, 2013. Season two includes a two-part adaption of the novel Salvation of a Saint. The series released three special feature-length episodes. "Galileo: Episode Zero", set three years before the first episode of season one, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film Suspect X. Special episode "Galileo XX: Kaoru Utsumi's Last Case" (ガリレオXX内海薫最後の事件), a prequel of season two, premiered on Fuji TV on June 22, 2013, followed by Midsummer's Equation (真夏の方程式, Manatsu no hōteishiki) on June 29, 2013. Galileo became available on Netflix in January 2025. Season two on Netflix includes "Galileo XX: Kaoru Utsumi's Last Case" as episode 12. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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