Alibi Breaker
Season 1
Tokino Mitani (Minami Hamabe) runs a watch shop, located on a street far from the downtown area. She is 20-years-old and inherited the watch shop from her grandfather. Unknown to most, she is also an excellent private detective and offers an alibi cracking service. She can crack someone's false alibi by using logic based on time and a watch. She gets payed 5,000 yen for that service. Yoshiyuki Saji (Ken Yasuda) used to be an elite police officer, but he tried to uncover corruption within the police department. This caused Yoshiyuki Saji to receive a demotion to a police station in a rural city. He moves alone there, leaving behind his wife and child. He lives at a boarding house, where Tokino Mitani lives. Yoshiyuki Saji does not get along with the other detectives there. He struggles to solve a case and he hears about Tokino Mitani's ability as an alibi cracker. He doesn't want to ask for her help, because of his pride as a police officer, but he requests her help on a case.
Where to Watch Season 1
7 Episodes
- Alibi for the Dead
E1Episode 1Alibi for the DeadAn author and his agent are having a romantic relationship when she walks in clutching photographic evidence and accuses him of infidelity. He attacks her in a bout of anger and soon he is dead and she is dead too. It is case closed, right? Enter the young heiress to a clock shop to help the new chief detective. Just do not try to get your hands on the fried croquettes. - Alibi of the Download
E5Episode 5Alibi of the Download身元不明の白骨化した遺体が、ある一軒家の庭から発見された。そこは、3ヶ月前に殺害され、その事件の犯人がいまだに見つかっていない未解決事件が起こった場所だった。那野県警捜査一課係長・牧村匠（勝村政信）が担当している、因縁の事件だ。 牧村は、さっそく管理官・察時美幸（安田顕）と刑事・渡海雄馬（成田凌）と現場へ。検視官の樋口秀人（柄本時生）の調べで、掘り起こされた穴から、死後十数年が経過した遺体とともに『和田』と刺繍された洋服の切れ端が出てきた。 その後、捜査線上に、白骨遺体の息子で天才大学生・和田英介（板垣瑞生）が挙がる。動機は、亡き父親の復讐。しかし和田には、3ヶ月前の事件当日、脆弱だけど決して崩せないアリバイがあった…！ 一方、手柄を立てて警察庁に返り咲きたい察時は、今回も時計店の店主でアリバイ崩しの名人・美谷時乃（浜辺美波）に、和田のアリバイ崩しを依頼する。 はたして時乃は、脆弱なアリバイを崩し、未解決事件の真相に迫ることができるのか…!?
