The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

2011 · 1 season · 10 eps · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Mystery, Crime

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Japanese Ministry of Foreign affairs diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (Yuji Oda) is dispatched all over the world to protect Japanese interests and citizens.After successfully defeating a kidnapping attempt of Japanese citizen in South America, Kuroda is assigned to protect Foreign Ministry official Shoko Mikami (Tamiyo Kusakari) in San Francisco during a World Trade Organization meeting. He meets informant John (Lee Byung-Hun) who gives details on security arrangements and former diplomat Takeshi Shimomura (Teruyuki Kagawa) who worked with Kuroda at the Mexican Embassy 11 years ago.With the help of the information received from John, diplomat Kosaku Koroda is able to prevent an attack on Shoko Mikami by extremists, but as he investigates how the attacker knew of Mikami's movements, Takeshi Shimomura jumps off a building to his death.Meanwhile, a suspect emerges in the murder of a university professor in Japan that took place recently.

Directed by Mizuki Nishisaka · Written by Kazunao Furuya

Network: Fuji TV

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Cast

Yuji Oda Kosaku Kuroda（黒田康作）
Ko Shibasaki Rikako Ogaki（大垣利香子）
Teruyuki Kagawa Takeshi Shimomura（霜村毅）
Kei Tanaka Mamoru Saienji（西園寺守）
Kaho Rui Shimomura（霜村瑠衣）
Tamiyo Kusakari Shoko Mikami（観上祥子）
Masato Hagiwara Keiichi Yuki（悠木圭一）
Koji Ohkura Yuji Kamoshita（鴨下祐司）
Takeshi Kaga Yosuke Ando（安藤庸介）
Tetsushi Tanaka Kazuhiko Niida（新居田一彦）
Mahiru Konno Tomoyo Shimomura（霜村倫世）
Nana Katase Aiko Sasaki（佐々木藍子）

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