Eiichiro Funakoshi stars in mystery series “Honboshi”

Eiichiro Funakoshi (50) has landed the lead part in a TV Asahi mystery drama series next season, titled “Honboshi ~Shinri Tokusou Jikenbo~.” The show will air in the network’s Thursday 8:00pm time slot, starting sometime in January.

Funakoshi plays a former psychologist and doctor who now works as an investigator. With his ability to see through lies based on a person’s mannerisms and facial expressions, he uses psychological experiments to unravel criminal cases and determine the true culprits.

Psychology has become a very popular theme in Japan lately, thanks in part to successful American dramas such as “Lie to Me” and “The Mentalist.” “Honboshi” is at least the third Japanese drama with a psychology theme to be announced for the winter 2011 season – Keiko Kitagawa (24) is starring in a series about criminal profiling, while Nao Matsushita (25) is playing a detective who pairs up with a psychology professor.

Source:
Nikkan Sports