Galileo ยอดนักสืบอัจฉริยะ

Galileo(ガリレオGarireo) is a Japanese television drama based on Detective Galileo(探偵ガリレオTantei Garireo), a novel by mystery writer Keigo Higashino(東野圭吾Higashino Keigo). It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, as the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases. A special episode titled "Galileo Episode 0", set 3 years before the television series, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film The Devotion of suspect X.

Starring

Masaharu Fukuyama

Theme music composer

Masaharu Fukuyama

Galileo Season 1 -1 Synopsis

Episode 1: Burn

Yukawa Manabu is an assistant professor at Teito University’s Physics Department. He enjoys overwhelming popularity among his female students because he is handsome, brilliant and an all-round sportsman but he is also an eccentric who has virtually no interest in things other than knowledge. A new detective from North Kaizuka Police Precinct, Utsumi Kaoru, visits Yukawa’s lab due to her esteemed senior, Kusanagi Shunpei’s referral. Taking Kusanagi’s advice, she asks for Yukawa’s cooperation in the investigation of a case that took place within the precinct’s jurisdiction. Nicknamed “Mystery Hunter”, Kusanagi has been promoted to the headquarters in recognition of his achievements in cracking numerous difficult cases. However, Kusanagi confides that he has his university classmate, the genius physicist Yukawa – called “Weird Galileo” among friends – to thank for the cases he has solved.

The case occurred in a quiet residential neighbourhood at about 10.20 p.m. the night before. The head of one of the boys in the group that often gathered boisterously along a street of the neighbourhood suddenly ignites and he dies. Kaoru heads to the scene with her senior, Yuge Shiro, and learns that the boys were playing with mouse tail fireworks when the incident happened but according to the medical coroner, Jounouchi Sakurako, the victim sustained burns charred his skull. It is inconceivable that mouse tail fireworks were the cause.

Yukawa’s assistant, Kuribayashi Hiromi, desperately tries to stop Kaoru from approaching Yukawa for his help in the investigation. Before this, Kusanagi had also brought his cases here to discuss them with Yukawa, interrupting research in one way or another. However, Kuribayashi’s pleas are in vain as Yukawa takes a deep interest in the combustion of a human body.

Plot

Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a physicist. He is nicknamed "Galileo" for being a genius and blessed with analytical abilities that even the police look up to. Yukawa's partner is a female rookie cop, Kaoru Utsumi (Kou Shibasaki). 

Notes

    1    "Galileo" is based on novel series“Tantei Galileo” by Keigo Higashino - winner of the 134th Naoki Prize.

    2    Related titles:

    1    Galileo (Fuji TV / 2007)

    2    Galileo: Episode Zero (Fuji TV / 2008)

    3    Suspect X | Yogisha X no kenshin (2008)

    4    Perfect Number | Yonguija X (2012)

    5    Galileo 2 (Fuji TV / 2013)

    6    Midsummer Formula | Manatsu no Houteishiki (2013)

Cast

Masaharu Fukuyama

Kou Shibasaki

Hiroshi Shinagawa

Manabu Yakawa

Kaoru Utsumi