Phone Call to the Bar

Phone Call to the Bar

Part of Detective in the Bar

2011•2h 5m•7.2/10

ActionDramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(16)

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

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Production

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Hokkaido Shinbun Press, Kinoshita Komuten, TV Asahi, Toei Video Company, Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

The Detective

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Takada

Koyuki

Koyuki

Saori

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshio Kirishima

Satomi Achiwa

Satomi Achiwa

Yasuko Taguchi

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Mineko

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Kohei Taguchi

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Kyosuke Iwabuchi

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Kajiwara-Gumi Kumichô

Shion Machida

Shion Machida

Kyoko Kondo

Carmen Maki

Maki

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Aida

Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya

Mitsugu Iwabuchi

Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Minami

Kazuki Namioka

Kazuki Namioka

Sayama

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Yuriko Kondo

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Megumi Kondo

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