Woman of the Crime Lab: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That's where the forensics labs come into play. Sasaki Mariko (Sawaguchi Yasuko) is a highly talented forensics scientist who must dodge stereotypes, as well as disparaging comments from veteran detectives

Series details

• Title: Woman of the Crime Lab
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 1999-10-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-04-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: TELASA
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20730
• TVDB ID: 269473

Cast and credited roles

• Sawaguchi Yasuko — Sakaki Mariko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-10-21; final listed air date 1999-12-16; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-10-19; final listed air date 2000-12-14; episode order: 9.
• Season 3: premiered 2001-11-01; final listed air date 2001-12-20; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2002-07-25; final listed air date 2002-09-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-04-15; final listed air date 2004-06-10; episode order: 9.
• Season 6: premiered 2005-07-14; final listed air date 2005-09-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2006-07-06; final listed air date 2006-09-07; episode order: 9.
• Season 8: premiered 2008-04-17; final listed air date 2008-06-19; episode order: 9.
• Season 9: premiered 2009-07-02; final listed air date 2009-09-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2010-07-08; final listed air date 2010-09-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2011-10-20; final listed air date 2012-03-08; episode order: 16.
• Season 12: premiered 2013-01-10; final listed air date 2013-03-14; episode order: 9.
• Season 13: premiered 2013-10-17; final listed air date 2014-03-13; episode order: 16.
• Season 14: premiered 2014-10-16; final listed air date 2014-12-11; episode order: 9.
• Season 15: premiered 2015-10-15; final listed air date 2016-03-10; episode order: 15.
• Season 16: premiered 2016-10-20; final listed air date 2017-03-09; episode order: 17.
• Season 17: premiered 2017-10-19; final listed air date 2018-03-22; episode order: 18.
• Season 18: premiered 2018-10-18; final listed air date 2018-12-13; episode order: 8.
• Season 19: premiered 2019-04-18; final listed air date 2020-03-19; episode order: 34.
• Season 20: premiered 2020-10-22; final listed air date 2020-11-05; episode order: 9.
• Season 21: premiered 2021-10-14; final listed air date 2022-04-07; episode order: 18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Woman of the Crime Lab on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.