Detective Novice
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Also known asMiman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner
GenreAction, suspense[1]
Written byYūsuke Watanabe
Directed bySeiichi Nagumo
| Detective Novice | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Miman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner |
| (未満警察 ミッドナイトランナー) | |
| Genre | Action, suspense[1] |
| Written by | Yūsuke Watanabe |
| Directed by | Seiichi Nagumo |
| Starring | Kento Nakajima Sho Hirano |
| Opening theme | "Mazy Night" by King & Prince |
| Ending theme | "Run" by Sexy Zone |
| Composer | Hideaki Kimura |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kenji Ikeda |
| Producers | Naoto Fujimura Masahiro Mori Kuniko Yanagiuchi |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production company | Nippon Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Release | June 27 – August 29, 2020 |
Detective Novice (Japanese: 未満警察 ミッドナイトランナー, Hepburn: Miman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner) is a Japanese action suspense drama[1] starring Kento Nakajima and Sho Hirano. It was first scheduled to broadcast on April 11, 2020 on Nippon Television, but was postponed until June 27 of the same year due to the COVID-19 outbreak delaying the filming.[2] The drama is a remake of a 2017 South Korean film, Midnight Runners.[3]
Cast
- Kento Nakajima as Kai Honma (本間 快, Honma Kai), a 24 years old university graduate who quits his first job and decided to follows his childhood dream as a hero. He is the type who carefully thinks before taking an action. His name is a play on words on a kansai accent expression, "honma kai?!" (seriously?!).
- Sho Hirano as Jiro Ishinose (一ノ瀬 次郎, Ichinose Jirō), Kai's roommate who is an exact opposite of Kai; someone who takes action before actually thinking. He had an older brother who wanted to be a police officer, and decided to take his place instead.
- Michiko Kichise as Ranko Oikawa (及川 蘭子, Oikawa Ranko), Kai and Jiro's strict assistant teacher who teach practical skills such as self defence and physical training.
- Yuri Nakamura as Yui Inanishi (稲西 結衣, Inanishi Yui)
- Taizo Harada as Shinpei Yanagida (柳田 晋平, Yanagida Shinpei)
- Yūsuke Iseya as Yuzuru Katanozaka (片野坂 譲, Katanozaka Yuzuru)
Guest cast
- Youko Maki as Megu (ep 01)
- Mone Kamishiraishi as Ami (ep 02, 03)
- Masaya Katō as Shibamoto (ep 02, 03)
- Shugo Oshinari as Yubisuke Yubitomo (ep 04)
- Misako Renbutsu as Rinka Mochizuki (ep 05)
- Dori Sakurada as Shiraki (ep 05)
- Tsutomu Takahashi as Detective Maruhashi (ep 05)
- Jouji Shibue as Detective Konpon (ep 05)
- Kyoko Hasegawa as Naoko Tenma (ep 06–07)
- Hayato Kakizawa as Tomoya Tenma (ep 06–07)
- Houka Kinoshita as Police Commander Kunieda (ep 06–07, 09–10)
- Satoru Matsuo as Seiji Nonomura (ep 08)
- Ginpunchō as Reiko Nonomura (ep 08)
- Hannya as Kato (ep 08)
- Kazuma Yamane as Detective Sunaoka (ep 09–10)
- Mayuko Nishiyama as Harumi (ep 10)
- Mao as Kamio Mai (ep 10)