The Millionaire Detective
Seen it?2005 | 2 seasons | 49 min | Mystery, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Moonlighting, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, tense.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 49 minutes, about 16 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
What do you get when you mix a granddaughter from an extremely rich family with crime, murder, and a passion for law and justice? Kanbe Miwako, a granddaughter of a super rich millionaire becomes a detective and starts working at a male dominant police station. Her fancy fashion, elegant manners, and upper-class attitudes constantly gets on the nerves of the old-fashioned coworkers. However, to everyone’s surprise, Miwako’s unique investigation lead by an ultra rich sense of value becomes the key to solve mysterious cases, one by one!
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Monday Morning Maybe. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 012005 · 10 episodes · 7.1 out of 10Sunday- Season 22006 · 10 episodes · 7.2 out of 10Sunday
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Cast & crew
- Kyoko FukadaMiwako Kanbe
- Kazuma SuzukiTetsuya Saruwatari
- Ryuji SaineiSeiichi Nishijima
- Shinji YamashitaKumanari Kumakura
- Takeshi MasuYoshikazu Tsuruoka
- Kazuyuki AijimaTorahiko Kitsunezuka
- Susumu TerajimaKoushiro Nunobiki
- Tokuma NishiokaIkuzo Kamiyama
- Isao NatsuyagiKikuemon Kanbe
- Yoshie IchigeMatsue Suzuki