22 Dec 2006
The Tamish Monster
The two slow-witted detectives are having a task to discover the mass disappearance of their fellow citizens in a city run by a 9-year old girl-mayor.
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Referred to as the Pearl of the Orient, supermodel Miori Reiko has had her fair share of scandals due to her eccentricity and her wild love affairs. One day, Reiko is found dead in her apartment by her housekeeper, Ota Michiko. The medical examiner found traces of potassium cyanide in her body, which kick-started a major police investigation into her death. Who is the true murderer of Miori Reiko?
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天海祐希 Reiko Miori
キムラ緑子 Michiko Ota
段田安則 Nobuo Sasahara
玉山鉄二 Keizo Okabe
四代目 市川 猿之助 Yasuhiko Hamano
遠藤憲一 Eijiro Sawamori
生瀬勝久 Jun Kitagawa
夏木マリ Kimiko Magaki
緒川たまき Risa Ikejima
若村麻由美 Fumiko Takagi
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