The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

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The series ran 1 season across 10 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

Japanese Ministry of Foreign affairs diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (Yuji Oda) is dispatched all over the world to protect Japanese interests and citizens.After successfully defeating a kidnapping attempt of Japanese citizen in South America, Kuroda is assigned to protect Foreign Ministry official Shoko Mikami (Tamiyo Kusakari) in San Francisco during a World Trade Organization meeting. He meets informant John (Lee Byung-Hun) who gives details on security arrangements and former diplomat Takeshi Shimomura (Teruyuki Kagawa) who worked with Kuroda at the Mexican Embassy 11 years ago.With the help of the information received from John, diplomat Kosaku Koroda is able to prevent an attack on Shoko Mikami by extremists, but as he investigates how the attacker knew of Mikami's movements, Takeshi Shimomura jumps off a building to his death.Meanwhile, a suspect emerges in the murder of a university professor in Japan that took place recently.

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Key crew

• Junya IkegamiWriter
• Kazunao FuruyaWriter
• Mizuki NishisakaDirector
• Kozo NagayamaDirector
• Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Yuji OdaKosaku Kuroda（黒田 康作）
• Ko ShibasakiRikako Ogaki（大垣 利香子）
• Teruyuki KagawaTakeshi Shimomura（霜村 毅）
• Kei TanakaMamoru Saienji（西園寺 守）
• KahoRui Shimomura（霜村 瑠衣）
• Tamiyo KusakariShoko Mikami（観上 祥子）
• Masato HagiwaraKeiichi Yuki（悠木 圭一）
• Koji OhkuraYuji Kamoshita（鴨下 祐司）
• Takeshi KagaYosuke Ando（安藤 庸介）
• Tetsushi TanakaKazuhiko Niida（新居田 一彦）
• Mahiru KonnoTomoyo Shimomura（霜村 倫世）
• Nana KataseAiko Sasaki（佐々木 藍子）

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