Posted 10 March 2009 - 10:48 PM
Title: Majo Saiban
Also Known As: The Witch Trial
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, Legal
Episodes: To be announced
Broadcast Network: Fuji TV
Broadcast Period: 2009 April 25 to (to be announced)
Timeslot: Saturdays 23:10
Them Song:"Keshin" by Fukuyama Masaharu
Official Website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/majo/
Production Crew
Screenwriter: Maekawa Yoichi (Maou, Ningen no Shomei, Yama Onna Kabe Onna, Soratobu Taiya,Kougen e Irasshai)
Producer: Seki Takuya, Koike Hideki
Director: Kato Hiromasa, Ohara Ichiryu
Cast
Ikuta Toma as Yoshioka Toru
Kato Ai as Watabe Izumi
Higa Manami as Motomiya Kaori
Suzuki Ryohei as Kurokawa Ryuichi
Katsuna Shiori as Kashiwagi Haruka
Suenaga Haruka as Okudera Rika
Nakamura Yasuhi as Tatokoro Hideo
Yamaya Hatsuo as Izutsu Hajime
Hirakata Genki as Soma Suguru
Nakamura Kaorias Nedzu Yoshiko
Matsumoto Jun as Utsumi Nobue
Watanabe Kohei as Shindo Ryosuke
Shishido Miwako as Osawa Yoko
Ishida Yuriko as Kashiwagi Kyoko
Takizawa Saori as Mizushima Makiko
Synopsis
A young freeter (Ikuta Toma) - the term used to describe freelance part-time workers - who has no interest in social issues gets embroiled in a baffling case when he is chosen to be a juror. A woman (Ishida Yuriko) is accused of a murder over an inheritance. She is surely guilty but why are the jurors votes leaning towards innocent? This is because a mysterious group is working behind the scenes to fix the verdict.
Credits/Translations: Jdrama Weblog
Character Chart
More Info
Popular young actor Ikuta Toma has a solo starring role in a drama series for the first time. The show, titled "Majo Saiban," will be the first drama to tackle the issue of Japan's new "saiban-in" (lay judge) system.
This May, Japan is reintroducing the jury system, which was previously abolished in 1943. Since then, only judges have decide the outcome of criminal cases, but under the new system, cases will be decided by a combination of judges and lottery-selected citizens.
In "Majo Saiban," Ikuta plays a typical part-timer with little interest in social issues. However, he is unexpectedly chosen as a juror in the trial of a suspected female murderer. While the mystery surrounding the case unfolds, an unknown group is secretly attempting to bribe the jury.
Actress Kato Ai plays a housewife who is also selected as a juror, while Higa Manami plays Ikuta's girlfriend, a newspaper reporter. Ishida Yuriko takes on the role of the accused.
Fuji TV will air "Majo Saiban" on Saturday nights at 11:10pm. The series starts on April 25, about a month before the actual jury system goes into effect.
Credits/Translation: Tokyograph
Source: Sankei Sports
Multimedia & Subtitles
Episodes
Episodes will be available for download at D-addicts.com
Subtitles
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 11:24 PM
I hope this drama will be good 
Thankz 4 posting this drama 
cant wait !!
