Cold Case 2: Shinjitsu no Tobira
Cold Case 2: Shinjitsu no Tobira (Japanese: コールドケース２ ～真実の扉～) is a Japanese television crime drama series that aired on the network WOWOW. It serves as the second season in the Japanese adaptation of the American procedural drama Cold Case, which originally starred Kathryn Morris. The series focuses on the Kanagawa Prefectural Police's First Investigative Division as they reopen and resolve long-unsolved criminal cases.
Production and Broadcast
The series consists of 10 episodes and was broadcast from October 13 to December 15, 2018, in the Saturday 22:00–23:00 time slot. It followed the drama Eerie and was succeeded by Nusumareta Kao in January 2019.
Plot
The narrative follows the investigative team led by Yuri Ishikawa. In the season's opening arc, skeletal remains are discovered on university grounds and identified as Seiji Hashimoto, a participant in the 1971 Yokosuka riot. The investigation deepens when Hashimoto's daughter contacts Ishikawa, claiming she has received anonymous financial support for years, which she believes originates from her father.
Cast
The series features a recurring ensemble cast portraying the investigative team:
- Yo Yoshida as Yuri Ishikawa
- Kento Nagayama as Shinjiro Takagi
- Kenichi Takito as Daisuke Tachikawa
- Ken Mitsuishi as Toru Kaneko
- Tomokazu Miura as Hidetoshi Motoki
