Mikami Hiroshi & Takahashi Mitsuomi back in NHK drama "Jikken Keiji Totori" this autumn

Mikami Hiroshi and Takahashi Mitsuomi will be back in the second installment of NHK drama "Jikken Keiji Totori" which was first shown last autumn. The sequel will be shown from 12 October at 9pm on Thursdays over six weeks and features Mikami as Totori, a 44-year-old former animal ecologist who switches lines to become a police detective, teaming up with his younger superior Yasunaga (Takahashi) to solve cases. Co-stars include Kuriyama Chiaki, Sasano Takashi and new addition Takahashi Ai.

Source: Oricon

Mikami Hiroshi starring in NHK drama SP "Jikken Keiji Totori"

Mikami Hiroshi will be starring in the NHK drama SP "Jikken Keiji Totori" (Experimental Detective Totori) which will consist of 5 episodes and be shown from 3 November at 9pm on Saturdays. He plays a former researcher of animal science Totori who becomes a newbie police detective at the age of 43 and has to work with a superior Yasunaga played by Takahashi Mitsuomi who's much younger than him.

Filming will begin on 13 September and co-stars also include Sasano Takashi and Kuriyama Chiaki.

Source: Sanspo