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So Close! Detective Oshii 2

2021 · 1 season

A breezy, gently comic detective show where the pleasure is watching a brilliant mind fumble the finish, week after week.

Created by
Daisuke Yamamoto, Michikatsu Yoshihara
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Sei Shiraishi, Atsuhiro Inukai, Shingo Tsurumi
Overview
The case files of a most unfortunate detective Detective Oshii is brilliant. His flair for seeing through the mystery is unequaled. And yet… at the very last minute, his finger points to the wrong culprit! Always so close to the truth, and yet so far—. While the credit goes to everyone else but him, there never seems to be a shortage of cases for the "great" Detective Oshii!

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Daisuke Yamamoto, Michikatsu Yoshihara
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Sei Shiraishi, Atsuhiro Inukai, Shingo Tsurumi
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • identity
  • work
  • justice
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
drama, comedy, crime
Created by
Daisuke Yamamoto, Michikatsu Yoshihara
Written by
Manabu Uda
Starring
Sei Shiraishi, Atsuhiro Inukai, Shingo Tsurumi, Itsuji Itao, Shiro Sano, Shunsuke Kazama, Ren Ishikawa, Minori Hagiwara
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
NHK BS Premium
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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