Hiroshi Tate plays ¡°SP Yatsurugi Takashi¡± (¡°Secret Police Takashi Yatsurugi¡°; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.), a member of the Metropolitan Police Department who is assigned to the security detail for the governor of Tokyo, Sawako Yoshimine (Hisako Manda), as she hosts a ceremony for guests from Singapore. During the event, Yatsurugi senses something wrong and shouts, ¡°Get down!¡± as someone starts shooting, but it¡¯s too late. The governor¡¯s daughter is hit and dies.
Four years later, Yatsurugi is still working for the police but in the lost-and-found department. Yoshimine is re-elected and requests him as her personal security guard. He has a lot to worry about. The governor opposes construction of a new City Hall, disappointing the construction industry, and she starts receiving anonymous death threats.
More politically related suspense later in the week with American actress Charlotte Kate Fox, who rose to stardom in the NHK drama, ¡°Massan.¡± She plays ¡°Meitantei Katherine¡± (¡°Famous Detective Katherine¡°; TV Asahi, Sept. 5, 9 p.m.), based on a character created by Japan¡¯s ¡°mystery queen,¡± Misa Yamamura.
Katherine is the daughter of the American vice president. She accompanies her father to Japan on a state visit but remains behind because she wants to study flower arranging. Since she¡¯s such an important figure, Japan¡¯s foreign minister assigns his own son, Ichiro (Shosuke Tanihara), to watch out for her. Katherine tries to meet up with Maiko, the woman who taught her about flower arranging in the U.S., and learns she has been murdered. Determined to find the culprit, she annoys the police with her incessant, often correct deductions.
CM of the Week
Universal Studios Japan Japan pretty much celebrates Western holidays whenever it feels like it, so it shouldn¡¯t be surprising that Universal Studios Japan is promoting Halloween in the middle of August with two campaigns: one in the daytime and one at night.
In the daytime CM, idol Suzu Hirose and two giggly friends dress up in various costumes on the streets of the popular Osaka theme park and cavort with the trademarked likenesses of Snoopy and the Minions. At night, they make the scene with characters from horror films, such as Freddy and hordes of zombies. You can be whoever you want to be at USJ.
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