Chinmoku Hotei (TV Series) DVD Box

[Machine Translation] A series of suspicious deaths of elderly people. A woman who works as a housekeeper emerges on the investigation line! The woman, who claims her innocence, suddenly shuts her mouth on the witness stand. A definitive masterpiece mystery that combines detective and courtroom drama! A masterpiece mystery by Naoki Prize-winning author Yuzuru Sasaki and starring Hiromi Nagasaku and a splendid cast, this is a legal suspense. --Hiroshi Takamizawa (Hayato Ichihara) has been searching for his missing lover who suddenly disappeared. Around that time, an elderly man ( Soichiro Kitamura ), a wealthy man who lived alone in Tokyo, is found strangled to death. The detective in charge, Shinji Imuro (Tetta Sugimoto) and Atsuko Nishimura (Asami Usuda), find Miki Yamamoto (Hiromi Nagasaku), a housekeeper, based on the testimony of a neighbor. Imuro and his team join up with the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Section and rush to Miki's house, but they are mistakenly taken into custody by the Saitama Prefectural Police. Hiroshi is at the scene. When he finally finds her, she is taken away by the police. The media coverage of the case heats up as a serial killer. Hiroshi and his lawyer, Kan Yatabe ( Tetsushi Tanaka ), work hard to find out the truth about her. Each of them has their own image of Miki. In addition, Miki suddenly becomes silent during the trial, and the case goes astray. Is she a bad woman or a lady?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview(s), making-of, press conference

連続する老人の不審死。捜査線上に浮上したのは家事代行の女だった! 無罪を主張する女は、証言台で突然口を閉ざす――。刑事・法廷ドラマが融合した傑作ミステリーの決定版! 直木賞作家・佐々木譲の傑作ミステリー×主演・永作博美、豪華キャストで贈る、リーガルサスペンス。――高見沢弘志(市原隼人)は、突然消えた恋人を忘れられず、ずっと行方を捜していた。その頃、都内でひとり暮らしをする資産家の老人(北村総一朗)が、絞殺体で発見される。所轄の刑事・伊室真治(杉本哲太)と西村敦子(臼田あさ美)は、隣人の証言などから家事代行業の女・山本美紀(永作博美)に行き着く。伊室らは警視庁捜査一課と合流し、美紀宅に急行するが、一足違いで埼玉県警に彼女の身柄を拘束される。その現場に居合わせた弘志。やっと見つけた彼女は、警察に連れて行かれてしまった。連続殺人犯としてマスコミの報道は過熱する。弘志は、弁護士の矢田部完(田中哲司)と共に、彼女の真実を探るため奔走する。それぞれが抱く美紀の人物像は十人十色。その上、美紀は裁判中に、突然黙秘し、事件は迷走していく。彼女は悪女か、淑女か―。

特典映像: インタビュー&メイキング、完成披露試写会