- Drama: The Good Listener (English title) / Sakura – Woman Listening to Case (literal title)
- Romaji: Sakura – Jiken wo Kiku Onna
- Japanese: SAKURA~事件を聞く女~
- Director: Kosuke Suzuki, Hideo Mizumura
- Writer: Miyako Matsumoto, Junpei Yamaoka
- Network: TBS
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: October 20 – December 22, 2014
- Runtime: Mondays 20:00
- TV Ratings: 8.0% (weekly average)
- Genre: Family / Mystery / Suspense-Thriller
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sakura (Yukie Nakama) is a detective who uses her listening skills to solve cases.
In the morning, Sakura listens to callers to as DJ Kokoro at a local radio station. In the afternoon, she listens to citizens’ problems by working at the Community Safety Section at the Komagome Central Police Office. At night, she receives information from regulars at a restaurant run by her grandmother Ume (Mitsuko Kusabue).
When cases takes place, Sakura goes undercover to investigate. She partners with Detective Masato (Ryuta Sato) as they work to solve mysterious cases together.
Notes
- Yukie Nakama last played a detective in 2007 TBS drama series “Joshi Deka!“.
Cast
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Yukie Nakama | Ryuta Sato | Kazuyuki Aijima | Hana Kino | Takuro Ohno |
Sakura Mizusawa (DJ Kokoro) | Masato Takeuchi | Yu Kiritani | Kaoru Yabuki | Keita Endo |
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Yutaka Morioka | Taro Suruga | Ayane | Chieko Iinuma | Mio Uema |
Toshiyuki Honjima | Saburo Kajiwara | Kaede Mizusawa | Yuri Seto | Ayano Nakanishi |
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Mitsuko Kusabue | Reiko Takashima |
Ume Mizusawa | Kyoko Igarashi |
Additional Cast Members:
- Narumi Kayashima – Shizue Kaneko
- Mansaku Fuwa – Toshihiko Hosono
- Fubito Yamano – Ryuji Matsuda
- Shizue Masuko – (ep.2)
- Iku Ninomiya – (ep.7)
- Sousuke Takaoka (ep.9)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 10/20/2014 | 9.9% |
02 | 10/27/2014 | 10.0% |
03 | 11/03/2014 | 8.5% |
04 | 11/10/2014 | 8.4% |
05 | 11/17/2014 | 8.1% |
06 | 11/24/2014 | 7.6% |
07 | 12/01/2014 | 7.7% |
08 | 12/08/2014 | 6.2% |
09 | 12/15/2014 | 8.0% |
10 | 12/22/2014 | 5.8% |
Average | 8.0% |