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The Last Cop (2015)

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Original title
THE LAST COP/ラストコップ
Directed by
Inomata Ryuichi, Akashi Hiroto, Naganuma Makoto
Cast
Karasawa Toshiaki, Kubota Masataka, Miyakawa Ichirota, Tayama Ryosei, Kurokawa Tomoka, Matsuo Satoru, Kuji Akiko, Sasaki Nozomi
Genre
drama television series, police television drama
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 17 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective wakes up from a 30 year coma and must adjust to modern Japan. He solves crimes alongside his daughter.

lightheartednostalgicpacycomediccrime-solvingenergeticfish-out-of-water

What happens

The Last Cop (Japanese: ラストコップ, Rasutokoppu) is a Japanese television drama series based on the 2010 German television series Der letzte Bulle. The Japanese version was developed by Nippon TV and Hulu Japan. The first episode premiered on NTV on 19 June 2015. It received a viewership rating of 12.9%. The rest of six episodes are streaming on Hulu Japan. Toshiaki Karasawa played the lead role of the detective Kōsuke Kyōgoku who was in coma for 30 years, and Nozomi Sasaki played his daughter. Yuki Saito, who sang a hit song in the 1980s, also appeared as a guest role. In September 2016, the omnibus edition The Last Cop: episode 0 premiered with three episodes. A new television series was scheduled to air in October 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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