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The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
‘Detective Catherine’ (Meitantei Catherine) is a television drama series based on Misa Yamamura’s ‘Catherine Series’ of detective novels. TBS Rino Katase version: A series broadcast on the TBS network from 1996 to 2006. It ran for a total of 15 episodes. The lead role was played by Rino Katase. The series was broadcast in the following time slots: ‘Monday Drama Special’ (Episodes 1–9), ‘Monday Mystery Theatre’ (Episodes 10–14), and ‘Monday Golden’ (Episode 15). TV Asahi Charlotte Kate Fox version: A special drama broadcast on the TV Asahi network on Saturday 5 September 2015 from 21:00 to 23:06. Starring Charlotte Kate Fox. On Sunday 20 March 2016, from 21:00 to 23:10 (in the ‘Sunday Entertainment’ slot), the second installment of the series, ‘Detective Catherine: The Missing Heir’, was broadcast.
Motoko (Yuko Asano) handed in her resignation from the bank where she had worked for many years. Whilst her male colleagues from the same intake were being promoted, her boss, Murai (Kenjiro Ishimaru), and the branch manager—who had long regarded the veteran Motoko as a hindrance—were delighted to be rid of her. Two months later, it emerged that Motoko had embezzled 170 million yen from the bank’s accounts. When Murai pressed her to repay the money, Motoko showed him a notebook listing the bank’s fictitious accounts and the real names of their clients, and threatened to make the information public.