TV Movie: Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi
Romaji: Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito
Japanese: 視覚探偵 日暮旅人
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writer: Kozaburo Yamaguchi (novel), Mitsunori Fukuhara
Network: NTV
Episodes: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Runtime: Friday 21:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Due to an incident from his past, Tabito Higurashi (Tori Matsuzaka) lost his hearing, sense of smell, taste and touch. He only has his sense of sight left. Nevertheless, Tabito Higurashi is a private detective who finds lost things using his sense of sight.
Tabito Higurashi live at a private detective office with his partner Masahiko Yukiji (Gaku Hamada) and daughter Tei Momoshiro (Moeno Sumida) who is not blood-related to Tabito. Yoko Yamakawa (Mikako Tabe) is a nursing teacher. She meets Tabito and Masahiko through Tei. Yoko asks Tabito to find a lost article which is important to her. Since then, Yoko visits Tabito’s office often. While trying to solve Yoko's case, Tabito's eyes become exhausted. His partner Masahiko becomes worried over Tabito's condition.
One day, Tei goes missing. To find his daughter, Tabito uses his eyes, but his doctor tells Tabito “if you keep doing this, you will go blind.”
Notes
Based on the novel "Tantei Higurashi Tabito no Sagashimono" by Kozaburo Yamaguchi (published September 25, 2010 by ASCII Media Works).
Cast
Tori Matsuzaka as Tabito Higurashi
Mikako Tabe as Yoko Yamakawa
Gaku Hamada as Masahiko Yukiji
Kinya Kitaoji as Wataru Enoki
Haruka Kinami as Tomoko Ono
Moeno Sumida as Tei Momoshiro
Asami Usuda as Emi Sudo
Motoki Ochiai as Ken Asai
Manami Hashimoto as Nurse
Houka Kinoshita as Hiroyuki Ota
Seika Kuze as Educationalist Nako Omoto
Yukio Kikuchi as Lawyer Yukio Kikuchi
Hajime Yamazaki as Youichirou Yamakawa
Hana Kino as Child Care Center Director
Yuma Takagi as Seika Sudo
Hideo Nakano as Client
Hiroshi Ikushima as Hiroshi Ikushima