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Gaiji Keisatsu (2009)

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Original title
外事警察
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A female police officer joins a secret anti-terrorism unit in Tokyo. The unit works on espionage and terrorism cases after 9/11.

tensegrittyserioussuspensefulfast-pacedproceduraldarkbleak

What happens

Criminal Code (外事警察, Gaiji Keisatsu) is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009. It is based on the novel of the same name written and released in Japan by Aso Iku. The TV show follow a female police officer who was recruited into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorist black ops unit known "publicly" as the Fourth Foreign Affairs Section, created after the 9/11 events in the United States. Its purpose is to tackle espionage and terrorism cases happening in Japan. The franchise consists of the novel, the TV series and the 2012 movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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