I was looking through the jdrama fansub map thinking what other 2023 shows I should watch when I noticed this WOWOW show Jiken. I had downloaded the first 2 episodes from dramahd before it closed and decided to give the first two episodes a go.
At the start of Jiken, we see that Kita Kana has died, stabbed in her stomach with a knife and removing my motivation to continue watching. A university student Hiroshi has been caught for the murder and is Kita Kana's childhood friend. I didn't care about his character because he plays the role in a detached way because the audience does not know whether is lying. Hiroshi initially plead guilty and then changes his mind.
Shiina Kippei (The Forest of Love) plays a judge turned lawyer haunted by a case where the person he found guilty commited suicide. He always plays dodgy characters so it is a change to see him play a straightforward good guy.
The first two episodes were meh for me. If this is a show about an innocent man being set up, I would rather watch Shoutai. There are some revelations about Kita Kana's character who moved to Tokyo and ran her own bar but she is dead. I did not care about the suspect who continued to show no emotion throughout the trial and the killer was either him or the dodgy boyfriend who was was behaving in court as if he wanted to be a suspect. I thought I should just drop the show because there was no character to root for.
I was trying to download episodes 3 and 4 from nyaa but no one was seeding for a week when suddenly some kind hearted soul seeded episode 3 for me. I was watching episode 3 and getting more interested as the story get deeper into Kita Kana's past and then this freaking scene at the episode 3 happened. Before I knew it, I was shouting at my screen. I could not believe it.
I had to watch episode 4. I had to know the ending of this WOWOW show. Unfortunately, episode 4 was stuck at 64.9% and avistaz did not have a copy. I searched and found it on jptv.club. It was in 4K and was 10.9GB and I had to see the ending!
On a side note jtv.club is closing in 5 days which makes me sad. Another private tracker bits the dust and there are so many shows on jtv.club that are not on avistaz! I am furiously leeching what I can before the files are gone!
The ending of Jiken is dark and depressing. It is kind of convoluted in a sense why didn't the main character do something else but it does make no sense in a way. I think the story would have worked better as a movie which it was but Kita Kana's acting will haunt you after it has finished. Watchable, especially for Kita Kana's fans.
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As I noted on your "Informa" posting...Kita Kana seems to have that knack.
The first show I noticed her in I didn't think much of it...but a couple of roles later and you can't not notice. Her change-up is always so well hidden, you almost don't believe she has it in her repertoire.
There should be room for more actors like that.
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