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The Good Listener

2014 · 1 season

A steady, humane police procedural that listens closely to ordinary people's troubles and resolves them with quiet warmth.

Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Ryuta Sato, Reiko Takashima
Overview
Undercover cop Sakura Mizusawa assumes many faces as she teams up with a hot-blooded detective, Masato Takeuchi, to form a crime-solving tag team with an ear for the truth. With an uncanny ability to connect all the disparate voices she hears undercover, Sakura goes in complete pursuit of criminals, giving her undivided attention to incidents that could happen to anyone and alleviating the suffering of the weak and disadvantaged.

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Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Ryuta Sato, Reiko Takashima
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • justice
    • deception
    • identity
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • procedural
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, crime
    Starring
    Yukie Nakama, Ryuta Sato, Reiko Takashima, Kazuyuki Aijima, Hana Kino, Mitsuko Kusabue, Takuro Ohno, Taro Suruga
    Music
    Kenichiro Suehiro
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    TBS
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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