Just watched the first episode of what looks like to be a MOST promising drama! Written and directed by SABU, TROUBLE MAN stars Kato Shigeaki as Tokuda Kazuo, an insurance agent whose live gets turned topsy-turvy when he gets unwittingly thrust into a web of mystery and intrigue involving murderers, would be rapists and the Yakuza!And if that wasn't enough, I was jazzed to see the ADDED bonus of both Satuskawa Aimi and Iwasa Mayuko in it (and this coming right off GALCIR!) as well as ANOTHER small role by Kamiwaki Yu! Not really a proper drama, this show seems more like a long movie that’s been divided up into separate chapters, and with each episode clocking in at a mere 30 minutes, makes me wonder just how this originally aired…was this originally in 10 minute increments?
However the format, this is one heckuva show, where you never know what’s going to happen next and the surprises just keep on coming! When the first episode ended (quite powerfully so, I might add) and it immediately went into NEWS’ new song BE FUNKY against the backdrop of Tokuda fleeing in dramatic slo-mo, I found myself dying with anticipation for the next episode!!! Just can’t WAIT for the next one!!!!