Yami no Bansosha Season 1 WoWoW Spring Drama 2015

Drama: Partner in Darkness
Romaji: Yami no Bansosha
Japanese: 闇の伴走者
Director: Takahiro Miki
Writer: Takashi Nagasaki (novel), Dai Sato, Kumiko Aso
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 5
Release Date: April 11 – May 9, 2015
Runtime: Saturdays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

A year after manga master Fumiya Ajima’s death, 50 unpublished sketches are discovered. The sketches appear to be the work of Fumiya Ajima, but the sketches shows details from several missing women cases that occurred 35 years earlier. Fumiya Ajima’s wife (Kyoko Maya) asks the Department Head of Yukihide Ozawa (Jun Kaname) to find out if the sketches are the work of her late husband. Ex-police officer Yuki Mizuno (Nao Matsushita) receives a request to investigate the origins of the 50 sketches. Yuki Mizuno then enlists the help of Shinji Daigo (Arata Furuta), an expert of the manga world.

Notes

Based on the novel “Yami no Bansosha” by Takashi Nagasaki (published April, 2012 by Shinchosha Publishing Co, Ltd.).
Related titles (drama series):
1. Partner in Darkness | Yami no Bansosha (WOWOW / 2015)
2. Partner in Darkness 2 | Yami no Bansosha: Henshucho no Joken (WOWOW / 2018)