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- April 2, 2016 at 2:10 PM
Gaiji KeisatsuType: spy drama
Genre: action
Year: 2009
Intro:
From the novel Gaiji Keisatsu by Aso Iku. About 5 years after nationalism rose (e.g Aegis; Zipang); tension with China rose to new highs; Japanese forces deployed for humanitarian aid; a string of terrorism have taken place; a bunch of sunglass wearing people and around 200 (true number is classified) UN volunteer aid employees died in the line of duty since the start of the war.
Synopsis:
An international security conference is about to be hosted by Japan. Yet, the secret organizations face budget cuts. All the while the agents face enemies all around. Is it an enemy, an internal conspiracy or something else altogether?
Sumimoto Kenji leads the team but his actions create doubts in Matsuzawa Haruna.
Critique:
More or less the show is of the type:
incompetent bureaucracy; politics & faction interest leaving the heroes fighting for themselves. And it’s about national interest vs the right of the individual, laws or ethics. It points out once more Japan’s official lack of intelligence agency.
The show features lots of foreign actors but not a very international show regarding languages. It’s at best bilingual: people with eastern block background but using english for non japanese communications.
Overall it’s an OK show.
Verdict: 8
Cast: 8
Cast performance: 8
Script/Directing: 8