River's Edge Okawabata Detective Agency: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in Asakusa, along the Sumida river amongst all the multi-tenanted residential and commercial buildings, there is a company by the name of "Ookawabata Tanteisha". It is a small private investigators' agency, run by 3 people. Muraki, who is the licensed investigator; the "Director", who has ties with the underworld; and Megumi, the candid and bubbly pretty receptionist. Their customers are from all walks of life, and some come with the strangest requests, and yet none are turned away. In the course of their investigations, they come in contact with the people related to the clients, and they end up trying to resolve their relationship problems.

Series details

• Title: River's Edge Okawabata Detective Agency
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2014-04-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 50758
• TVDB ID: 276937

Cast and credited roles

• Joe Odagiri — Muraki
• Renji Ishibashi — Okawabata Ippei
• Maya Koizumi — Megumi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-04-18; final listed air date 2014-07-11; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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