Official Website
www.ntv.co.jp/dirtymama
Broadcast
Wednesdays, 10.00 – 10.54 p.m. from 11 January 2012
Station
NTV
Story
The smart figure of a mother pushing a hybrid baby stroller carrying her 11 month-old baby son, Hashizo, appears at a crime scene. She is Maruoka Takako an ace detective and single mother. Takako is a dirty cop who disregards rules as well as conventions in solving cases. Nagashima Aoi works at the Traffic Division. One day, she is suddenly appointed on probation as a temporary backup personnel of the Criminal Affairs Division’s Serious Crimes Section. On the first day of her transfer, she meets Takako at a crime scene where Takako pulls off the arrest of a preposterous criminal. Aoi gets overwhelmed by Takako’s appearance and behaviour which does not seem like a detective’s. However, Fukazawa Tamotsu, the head of the section, appoints Takako to guide Aoi and orders them to act as buddies. Then, a call comes in about an attempted robbery and they go out to investigate. Aoi enthuses that she will work hard to become an admirable detective, but Takako only makes her do chores like looking after Hashizo. Furthermore, she has to go along with the reckless investigation which disregards the law. By the time she realises it, she is worn out from her first day. Even though Aoi is rebuked, tormented and unable to meet her boyfried Sasaki Takuya, she does her best to put up a good fight. Meanwhile, the plug is pulled on the investigation is because the victim of the attempted robbery suddenly changes statements. Takako believs that there is definitely more to this. However, without evidence or until a human rights issue is raised, the police cannot take action. Fellow detectives rail against Takako, warning her not to look for trouble. Aoi makes an effort to be polite, suggesting that they have no choice but to wrap it up. But she is told by Takako that she can go back because she is not qualified. Aoi grounds out that she wants to become a detective and blows her top. This is when she is informed of an appalling fact by Takako.
Characters
Nagasaku Hiromi as Maruoka Takako
A senior detective with the Criminal Affairs Division’s Serious Crimes Section at Azabu Minami Police Precinct. She has the best arrest rate within the precinct. Nicknamed Maruko. A single mother who brings her 1-year-old son, Hashizo, out with her on investigations because she is on the waiting list for the public childcare facility and the private ones are too expensive. It may be illegal or criticised by someone, but she is a dirty cop who will do whatever it takes to solve cases. She makes her buddy, Nagashima Aoi, her babysitter.
Karina as Nagashima Aoi
A trainee detective with the Criminal Affairs Division’s Serious Crimes Section at Azabu Minami Police Precinct. An earnest, diligent, athletic type with a pure heart although a little dull. She was transferred from the Traffic Division to be a temporary backup personel at the Criminal Affairs Division, and wants to be a detective that she had long dreamed of. But she is assigned to be a babysitter for Hashizo, the son of her mentor, Maruoka Takako, and finds herself at the mercy of Takako’s reckless investigations and unreasonable requests.
Kamiji Yusuke as Sasaki Takuya
Nagashima Aoi’s boyfriend. He belongs to Azabu Minami Police Precinct’s Community Police Affairs Division, and is a policeman who works at the police post at Azabu 1-chome. He is naturally kind and good-natured with Aoi and everyone else. However, he gets affected by the fact that she is the first to become a detective because they both had their sights on being detectives. A sincere person who loathes himself for this pettiness.
Yasuda Ken as Shirato Ichiro
A senior detective with the Criminal Affairs Division’s Serious Crimes Section at Azabu Minami Police Precinct. He and Maruoka Takako are from the same batch, and he is bitterly hostile towards her. He is an outstanding detective who is smart and good at swimming with the tide. On the other hand, he tries to be a hero and puts on airs to hide his lack of confidence.
Yashima Norito as Fukazawa Tamotsu
The head of the Criminal Affairs Division’s Serious Crimes Section at Azabu Minami Police Precinct. Rank: Assistant Inspector. An ambitious person with a strong sense of justice. Because he has no patience for the flouting of rules and conventions, he has been paying attention to Maruoka Takako. Now at Takako’s mercy because he cannot handle her, he is taken to task by his superiors for that – the difficult struggle of middle management.
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