Ekiro

Ekiro

2009•2h 10m•3.7/10

TV MovieDramaMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.7/10(3)

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.

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Production

Fuji Television Network

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Det. Yobuno

Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu

Keiko Fukumura

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Yoshiko Fukumura

Sousuke Takaoka

Sousuke Takaoka

Tatsuo Yamazaki

Hiromi Kitagawa

Hiromi Kitagawa

Yuko Yobuno

Kengo Ôkuchi

Det. Kitao

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Mitsue Yobuno

Kenta Satoi

Kenta Satoi

Uchidera

Ryosei Tayama

Ryosei Tayama

Motoki

Hiroko Nakajima

Hiroko Nakajima

Mitamura

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Takizawa

Ken'ichi Ishii

Ken'ichi Ishii

Rakuko Tane

Rakuko Tane

Kaneko

Eri Fuse

Eri Fuse

Takashi Sugawara

Iemasa Kayumi

Iemasa Kayumi

Juro Kara

Juro Kara

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Teiichi Kozuka

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Yuriko Kozuka

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