Hitoya no Toge

Details

 * Title: ヒトヤノトゲ～獄の棘～
 * Title (romaji): Hitoya no Toge
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Suspense
 * Episodes: 6
 * Broadcast network: WOWOW
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Mar-19 to 2017-Apr-23
 * Air time: Sunday 22:00

Synopsis
Takeshima Ryota is a new prison officer whose late father was also in the same profession. He sets foot in Kita Kanto Prison and sees corrupt prison officers quietly condone the bullying of prisoners and gamble inside. One day, Nakui Soichi from the Ministry of Justice becomes the new prison chief. Meanwhile, Ryota is given a rough welcome by Kamimiya Korekiyo, a prisoner with clout. A senior officer Akimura Shigeharu offers Ryota advice, but Akimura's baffling actions bewilder him. Then Nakui gives Ryota instructions in an attempt to cleanup the festering prison. On top of that, Kamimiya gets close to Ryota and hints that he knows something about his father’s death. What is the justice and truth in the prison which is a closed world that no one knows... -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast

 * Kubota Masataka as Takeshima Ryota
 * Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Nakui Soichi
 * Izumiya Shigeru as Kamimiya Korekiyo
 * Ikeda Narushi
 * Hagiwara Masato as Akimura Shigeharu
 * Nonami Maho
 * Komakine Ryusuke (駒木根隆介)
 * Tanaka Yoji
 * Arizono Yoshiki (有薗芳記)
 * Moro Morooka
 * Hotaru Yukijiro
 * Nakamura Ikuji (中村育二)

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Hitoya no Toge by Daimon Takeaki (大門剛明)
 * Screenwriter: Suzuki Satoshi
 * Director: Hirayama Hideyuki (平山秀幸)
 * Music: Yasukawa Goro (安川午朗)