Best "Case of the Week" Drama
Vote for your favorite "Case of the Week" type of dramas
(i.e. episodic drama with an overarching narrative relating to the characters; their past, their character growth, their relationships, etc)
- Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. ...more
- Fifteen years ago, a young girl was kidnapped on the way from school, and Park Hae Yeong, who was an elementary school student at that time, witnessed the crime. A few days ...more
- “Mystic Pop-Up Bar” tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their ...more
- In 2017, Son Oh Gong and Ma Wang are in conflict with each other as they look for a true light in a dark world where evil thrives. Having made a contract ...more
- Do Gi has lived more honestly than anyone else as an officer in the Special Forces. Yet, when a serial killer murders his mother, he spends his days in agony. While feeling ...more
- Jang Hye Sung, a bold, sassy, thick-faced, comical, and materialistic public defender who becomes a lawyer after overcoming poverty and painful memories from her childhood, comes to a realization about society and ...more
- Freelance programmer Sakagami Keishi is paralysed in the lower half of his body because of an unknown illness and uses a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele. LIFE in partnership ...more
- Unnatural is a case-of-the-week medical mystery show; its main theme is the change of reality brought upon by imminent death of a loved one. Mystery and exhilarating human drama unfold against the ...more
- In 1986, Park Gwang Ho works as an excellent and enthusiastic detective. His life changes when he’s pursuing leads in a serial homicide case and then passes through a time portal, which ...more
- Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a ...more
- Enomoto Kei is an employee at a major security firm who solves the tricks behind locked doors. He is described as having a calm and cool demeanor but has an eccentric obsession ...more
- Shindo Minato has savant syndrome. His memory is amazing, but he has difficulty communicating with other people. When Shindo Minato was little, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. He met Doctor Shiga ...more
- Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but he is unable to make money. He pursues the truth for 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, ...more
- Okitegami Kyoko is a beautiful private detective who has a deep love for money. She is also known as the Forgetful Detective. Her memory is reset when she sleeps at night, which ...more
- Attorney Komikado Kensuke loves money, prestige, and women, but he also has a 100% winning rate when it comes to his legal cases. Mayuzumi Machiko is a rookie attorney who holds a ...more
- Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his ...more
- A 30-year-old single detective, who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called 'Unubore' by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has such ...more
- Kiriyama Shuichiro works as an information management officer at the prefectural police station. As he is very observant and has an interest in the unresolved cases which have gone past the legal ...more
- Miyama Hiroto is a young lawyer who seeks justice for the innocent (in a country with a 99.9% conviction rate). He works for Madarame Law Firm. At the law firm, Hiroto Miyama ...more
- Ryutaro Asada, a renegade but brilliant surgeon, was being framed for a misdiagnosis and let go by the North Japanese Hospital. He went into exile and lived in a seaside shack when ...more
- A surgeon, Sagara Kosuke, resigned from the university hospital where he had worked for 12 years and is returning to work after taking a year off. He had agreed to himself to ...more
- Igarashi Iori is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT and MRI images. He and radiologist Amakasu An work at a hospital’s radiology department where they determine ...more
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23. Rinsho Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes90 points by 1 votersCriminologist Himura Hideo seeks the pleasure of murder scenes and announces, “I’ve ever wanted to kill a person”. He appears to be a rather dangerous guy who pursues the ultimate crime. His ...more - Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wandering from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many ...more
- This drama depicts the harsh reality of those at the bottom of society through the eyes of the loanshark Ushijima. He is the head of Kaukau Finance which is a ruthless black ...more