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Kagi no kakatta Heya (2012)

Kagi no kakatta Heya poster
Original title
鍵のかかった部屋
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A security company employee with a knack for solving locked-room puzzles helps a lawyer and a locksmith crack impossible crimes. The trio investigates each case by examining the room's physical details and the suspects' movements.

mysteriouspuzzle-solvingintellectualmethodicalclevertwistylow-keylogical

What happens

Kagi no Kakatta Heya (鍵のかかった部屋, Locked Room) is a 2012 Japanese Getsuku television drama series distributed by Universal Pictures under the locked-room mystery genre broadcast by Fuji Television from April 16 to June 25, 2012. It is based on the Kei Enomoto novel series by Yusuke Kishi titled The Glass Hammer (硝子のハンマー), The House of Will-o'-the-Wisp (狐火の家), and The Locked Room Murders (鍵のかかった部屋). The drama stars Satoshi Ohno, Erika Toda, and Koichi Sato, and received a viewership rating of 16.0% on average. A drama special was later aired on January 3, 2014, which received a viewership rating of 15.9%. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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