Started watching the mystery/crime drama GUILTY, and am just amazed by the CAST they got for this one...really an ALL-STAR selection! Featuring Tamaki Hiroshi as a scraggly detective, Karasawa Toshiaki as a dirty (figuratively AND literally) journalist, and Michiko Kichise (looking like a fine powdered confectionary as usual) as Tamaki's would-be partner, this is an awesome murder mystery a la TOBOUSHA or TRIANGLE and to give things even MORE of a twist, in a decidedly DIFFERENT turn as the cold, calculating VILLAINESS of the piece, they've cast KANNO MIHO!
Like Tobousha and Triangle before it, this is an extremely well-done drama with good direction and great pacing through its scenes. Following the trail of Kanno as a framed murderer who's out for revenge against those who accused her and destroyed her life, each episode kept me on the edge of my seat, and each ENDING always had a shocker that guaranteed I'd be back for the next episode!
Such a TRIP to see Kanno Miho playing such a DARK character! I've loved Kanno Miho since her early days as a singing (if you could call it that, gomen ne Miho!) idol days with her HAPPY ICE CREAM album (what a title!) and loved seeing her appearances in shows like SMAP x SMAP, where she always exuded this aura of silliness and sunshine.
I remember being thrilled to see her in IIHITO and SOMMOLIER and even MORE thrilled when she released THAT Photobook...you know the one. I remember when THAT news hit, me and my fellow Miho Kanno fans Just. Could. Not. Believe. It!
And I'll tell you another thing- I’ve always thought she was a real cutie back in the day, but somehow, it wasn't until she grew up into this LADY that I really started to think how BEAUTIFUL she was…I think the age she's at right now is just PERFECT for her, she looks fantastic!!
Loved her in Magerarenai Onna, Kiina, and Hataraki Man, and it was around this time that I noticed she actually reminded me a bit of Sandra Bullock for some reason... The same “golly-gee’ girl next door vibe mixed in with beauty and sassiness, and of course the same raven colored locks, I remember watching Hataraki Man and thinking, O My Gosh, Miho is CHANNELLING SANDRA BULLOCK HERE!!!
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Such a versatile actress that I can watch her in both Churasan AND Guilty and not have any problems believing the characters she's playing. And it’s even trickier when you consider that in Guilty, she’s got to play a ditsy air-headed pet groomer who secretly is a cold and calculating woman who blackmails victims to their own suicides! YIKES!!!!
edit: Just watched episode 5, and ONCE AGAIN the surprise ending blew me away...these guys really know how to make a cliffhanger!