User:YumeChaser/Tokyo Dogs

Tokyo Dogs (東京DOGS) is a Japanese police drama that premiered on October 19, 2009, on Fuji TV. The drama stars Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima. "Tokyo Dogs" is the first police drama to air at 9:00pm on Fuji TV.

Production
On August 25, 2009, news articles surfaced about Fuji TV's new drama. It was announced that the drama had the tentative title, Tokyo Dogs: Saiaku de Saikō no Partner (東京ＤＯＧＳ～最悪で最高のパートナー～) and would air Monday nights at 9:00pm. It was also announced that Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima would star as the lead actors on the show with Yuriko Yoshitaka as the lead actress. In September it was revealed that Japanese R&B male band Exile would be in charge of performing the theme song for the drama. The theme song "Fatatsu no Kuchibiru" (ふたつの唇) was written by Jin Nakamura, who wrote their 2008 hit, "Ti Amo".

Directors

 * Yūsuke Ishii
 * Gaku Narita

Writer

 * Yuichi Fukuda

Cast

 * Shun Oguri as Sou Takakura
 * Hiro Mizushima as Maruo Kudo
 * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yuki Matsunaga
 * Ryo Katsuji as Keiichi Horikawa
 * Jonathan Dwyer as the SWAT Officer
 * Yoshiro Kono as mafia boss