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Prisoner プリズナー

Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2008-Nov-16 to 2008-Dec-13
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Theme song: Unchain my heart by WISE feat. May J.
DIRECTED By: 水谷俊之 (Mizutani Tochiyuki)
[Perfect Education 4, Bengoshi Ikari Bunsuke series]
WRITTEN By: 大石哲也 (Oishi Tetsuya)
[Death Note, Riyu, Chakushin Ari, Yasuko to Kenji]
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CAST
* Tamayama Tetsuji as Izawa Keigo
* Tsuruta Mayu as Nishiyama Aki
* Omori Nao as Pon
* Nakamura Shunsuke as Yuzurihara Takuya
* Sada Mayumi as Matsumiya Aoi
* Kohinata Fumiyo as Ube Hajime
* Matsushige Yutaka as Zunmin Wang
* Ishiguro Ken as Wada Akira
* Tsuda Kanji as Saeki
* Tanaka Yoji as Doi Yutaro
* Kusakari Mayu (草刈麻有) as Tao
* Takehana Azusa (竹花梓) as Chang
* Ikeda Narushi (池田成志) as Ali
* Walter Roberts (ウォルター・ロバーツ) as Big Boss
* Milton James (ミルトン・ジェイムズ) as Oxoon
* John Kaminari (ジョン・カミナリ) as Joy Saga

BRIEF INFO:
For the longest time, it seemed like all satellite mainstay WOWOW was interested in, when it came to dramas, were well made short specials. But 2008 was finally the year when they started getting into the game seriously, with their renzoku doramaW series. Opening the dances was Inoue Yumiko’s classy, wicked and phenomenal パンドラ (Pandora), but their second effort maintains the admirable quality which is making this new format into the most interesting “next big thing” on Japanese TV. For who’s watching anyway.

プリズナー (Prisoner) was adapted from a true story, the account of a Japanese man arrested in Cambodia, protagonist of Sawai Kujira’s Prisoner in Phnom Penh. The location changed to an imaginary island in Southeast Asia (shoot was in Thailand), but the rest remains more or less the same. Going to Seraivia to meet old senpai Yuzurihara (Nakamura Shunsuke), Izawa Keigo (Tamayama Tetsuji) finds himself involved in more than he could ever expect. He quickly learns there’s no law you can’t bend with a few good dead presidents, and that embassies only work as long as you don’t become a burden to them. Following a man who conned his friend, Keigo finds himself in prison, with a 10 year sentence and seemingly no way to escape, although he does find a friend in the ambiguous Pon (Ohmori Nao, his first drama appearance in two years). Real estate intrigues, corrupt police, a mounting death toll and the tasty decadence of a banana (or… well, pineapple) republic. That’s Seraivia for you.

A healthy mix of OZ and Prison Break tropes with a touch of “is-it-Yoda-starring-in-a-90s action flick”-styled English dialogue and deliciously trashy atmosphere, Prisoner is perhaps the polar opposite of Pandora. It’s just as decadent and wicked (you’ll quickly find out there’s no such thing as good guys on WOWOW dramas), but it’s also a lot more rough around the edges (in a good way) and full of guilty pleasure-level English acting by all involved. What’s for sure is this is one of the most fast-paced, involving and surprising doramas of the year. It’s also WithS2’s first ever Japanese project, which never hurts. Especially when the drama is this good. Ohh Ohh Ohh! Santa is coming, purezento desu ne~

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