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Shikatsushi: Jô-oh no hôigaku - Season 1

Matsushita plays Kiriyama Yuki, an assistant professor in forensic science at a university's faculty of medicine, who's great at finding the true cause of unnatural deaths. On the other hand, she has a reputation of being a weirdo with her messy hair, going without makeup and behaving more like a man than a woman. Co-stars include Yokoyama Yu who plays the role of Inukai Hajime, a research student working under Kiriyama and Matsushige Yutaka who plays Murakami Mamoru, the police detective who is at odds with Kiriyama.

Top Cast

  • Nao Matsushita

    Nao Matsushita

    桐山ユキ

  • You Yokoyama

    You Yokoyama

    犬飼一

  • Yutaka Matsushige

    Yutaka Matsushige

    村上衛

  • Jun Hashimoto

    Jun Hashimoto

    井畑信二

  • Takashi Yamanaka

    Takashi Yamanaka

    真崎達也

  • Hideyuki Kasahara

    Hideyuki Kasahara

    笠井和磨

  • Shuji Kashiwabara

    Shuji Kashiwabara

    遠山俊平

  • Masuyo Iwamoto

    Masuyo Iwamoto

    笠井初江

  • Morio Kazama

    Morio Kazama

    白木田稔

Overview

Matsushita plays Kiriyama Yuki, an assistant professor in forensic science at a university's faculty of medicine, who's great at finding the true cause of unnatural deaths. On the other hand, she has a reputation of being a weirdo with her messy hair, going without makeup and behaving more like a man than a woman. Co-stars include Yokoyama Yu who plays the role of Inukai Hajime, a research student working under Kiriyama and Matsushige Yutaka who plays Murakami Mamoru, the police detective who is at odds with Kiriyama.

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