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Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku (2015)

Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku poster
Original title
掟上今日子の備忘録
Genre
Japanese television drama
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective loses her memories every time she falls asleep. She solves cases by keeping notes on her body and relies on them to piece together each mystery. An unemployed man becomes her assistant and helps her with her work.

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What happens

Okitegami Kyōko no Bibōroku (掟上今日子の備忘録; Kyoko Okitegami's Memo) is a Japanese television drama series based on the detective novel series Bōkyaku Tantei by Nisio Isin. It aired on NTV from October 10 to December 12, 2015 on Saturdays at 21:00. It was directed by Tōya Satō who is known for Gokusen, 14-sai no Haha, and Kaseifu no Mita. Yui Aragaki played the lead role as the private detective, and Masaki Okada played the supporting role. It received the viewership rating of 10.5% on average. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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