As you all know, Seigi no Mikata is one of my very, very, favorite shows of all time and since I've watched each episode numerous times, I know each and every scene like the back of my hand!
As the titular "savior of justice", Yu Yamada's character Makiko works as a clerk in a courthouse and so much of the show is spent their, either in the rooms, in the hallways, outside on the stairs or even across the street looking over! Over the course to the drama, I got to know that building very well!
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| The Courthouse, Seigi No Mikata |
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| Makiko running out of the Courthouse |
When the courthouse and its familiar turquoise colored diamond overhang appeared in the background of an episode of Ayase Haruka's drama "Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu" as her co-workers left for lunch, I recognized it immediately and laughed to myself, "Huh! Those guys work right down the street from Yu!" LOLOL!
Now that I knew that the building was part of the studio's lots, I made a point of looking out for it , and I didn't have to wait long when I began watching the second "HERO" series starring Kimura Takuya and Kitagawa Keiko, as the affable lawyer and his able aide worked right out of the VERY SAME building...well, they didn't show the outside, but the lobby of the courthouse sure was the same!
Yep, these steps that Kimutaku and Keitan are running up from into the lobby are definitely the same steps and lobby that Yoko (Shida Mirai) followed Yoshikawa (Osamu Mukai) into, in an episode of Seigi No Mikata where she is told by her sister to spy on him!
2024 Update! The Courthouse appeared in 9 Border with Haruka Kinami!
Hmmm, looks like they're doing some construction back there...wonder what's going on.
Update! A 2025 appearance in the Haru drama "Fake Mommy", and I guess that construction wasn't anything serious since it looks pretty much the same?
