Drama: Themis's Recommended Sentence (literal title)
Romaji: Temisu no Kyuukei
Japanese: テミスの求刑
Director: Hajime Gonno
Writer: Takeaki Daimon (novel), Takafumi Kosaka
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 4
Release Date: May 10 - May 31, 2015
Runtime: Sundays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Serina Hirakawa (Riisa Naka) is a deputy director at a public prosecutor's office. Her father (Yukijiro Hotaru) was a police officer, but killed. Kentaro was charged for murdering her father. Serina's father was investigating Kentaro and his involvement in a string of thefts inside of cars. Kentaro was found guilty for the murder. Serina Hirakawa admired Prosecutor Ryoji Tajima (Goro Kishitani) who extracted a confession from Kentaro.
Now, Serina works for Prosecutor Ryoji. One day, Kentaro insists he is innocent of the murder charge and kills himself in prison.
Several days later, Prosecutor Ryoji meets Attorney Kuromiya (Jiro Sato). The attorney defended Kentaro in the murder case. Attorney Kuromiya tells Prosecutor Ryoji about the real killer in the murder case. Soon, Attorney Kuromiya is found dead. Doubts about the death of Serina's father is aroused. Prosecutor Ryoji is suspected in the murder of Attorney Kuromiya. Serina is dumbfounded by the recent chain of events. She soon begins to investigate the two murder cases: her father's murder and the death of Attorney Kuromiya.
Notes
Based on the novel "Temisu no Kyuukei" by Takeaki Daimon (published August, 2014 by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc.).
Cast
Riisa Naka as Serina Hirakawa
Tetta Sugimoto as Kaname Takigawa
Goro Kishitani as Ryoji Tajima
Sosuke Takaoka as Kosuke Mizutani
Jiro Sato as Kazuhiko Kuronuma
Yoshihiko Hakamada as Daigen Fukamachi
Masanori Sera as Eitaro Sawanobo
Additional Cast Members:
Yukijiro Hotaru - Serina's father
Yuya Endo
Toshihide Tonesaku
Kei Otozuki
Akira Otaka
Morooka Moro