Kindaichi Shonen no Jiken Bo

Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo (Kindaichi Case Files) will return with a new live-action television special, Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken (The Prison Cram School Murder Case), next January. Ryosuke Yamada of Hey! Say! JUMP will reprise his role of the teen detective Hajime Kindaichi.

The setting of next January's special is the jungles of Malaysia. (This special will be NTV's first co-production with a Malaysian television station.) In the story, Kindaichi joins his childhood friend Miyuki Nanase in Sparta, a prestigious "prison" cram school. There, they uncover a mysterious death, which turns out to be a taunting challenge from a brilliant producer with criminal dealings throughout the world.

The setting of next January's special is the jungles of Malaysia. (This special will be NTV's first co-production with a Malaysian television station.) In the story, Kindaichi joins his childhood friend Miyuki Nanase in Sparta, a prestigious "prison" cram school. There, they uncover a mysterious death, which turns out to be a taunting challenge from a brilliant producer with criminal dealings throughout the world.

Hey! Say! JUMP member Daiki Arioka also returns as Ryūji Saki, Kindaichi's junior schoolmate. Another returning cast member is Wu Chun (former member of the Taiwanese band Fahrenheit and the star of the Taiwanese version of Hana Zakari no Kimi-tachi e) as Byron Li.

Kazuki Kitamura will play a teacher at the Sparta cram school, and Hiroki Narimiya will play Yōichi Takato, a nefarious mastermind and Kindaichi's eternal nemesis.

 

 

 

2PM’s Nichkhun is Going to participate too. Nichkhun will portray a top student who has the key to the case. Nichkhun’s character will be an honor student who works as hard as he can despite the numerous adversities that come his way. He is also the key character who holds the clues to solving the case. Nichkhun is expected to have an intense impact on viewers.

Produced to celebrate NTV’s 60th anniversary of establishment, the upcoming drama is the major channel’s one of the representative shows whose first series began airing in 1995, scoring an average rating of 23.9 percent.

Based on the world-renowned comic book of the same name, the drama lastly aired its episode this January starring Seungri of Big Bang and received an award from the Tokyo Drama Awards 2013.

The Kindaichi Case Files are a drama adaptation of a popular detective manga (Japanese comic). It has been serialized for the past twenty years on the Weekly Shonen Magazine and is known not only in Japan but also around the world. The first drama adaptation aired in 1995, since which they have maintained average audience ratings of 23.9% and become Nippon Television’s leading drama. In particular, the Kindaichi Case Files Treasure in Kowloon, Hong Kong drama that aired in January 2013 was met all over Asia with favorable reviews and received an award at the recent Tokyo Drama Awards 2013.

The Kindaichi Case Files Gate of Jail Private School Murders will air in January 2014.