A woman crashes Japan's boy's club homicide division — and she's not sorry about it.
Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestReiko Himekawa is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work and gain the respect of the policeman.
Acting
Yuko Takeuchi's controlled fury — every blink calculated
Direction
Tetsuya Honda frames power dynamics in doorways
Production
Tokyo's neon despair as another character
Creator
Tetsuya Honda
Yuko Takeuchi
Reiko Himekawa
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kazuo Kikuta
Keisuke Koide
Noriyuki Hayama
Takashi Ukaji
Tamotsu Ishikura
Katsuhisa Namase
Hiromitsu Ioka
Ryuhei Maruyama
Kohei Yuda
Masahiko Tsugawa
Sadanosuke Kunioku
Ikkei Watanabe
Shunsuke Hashizume
Kenichi Endo
Mamoru Kusaka
Masahiro Takashima
Haruo Imaizumi
Tetsuya Takeda
Kensaku Katsumata
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to strawberry birthmarks — the series explores how visible marks shape invisible assumptions in Japanese policing culture.
Yuko Takeuchi fought for Reiko to remove her makeup in later episodes; the producers initially insisted on 'polished' female leads. She won.
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