I was watching the subtitled Japanese police drama
Kochira hon Ikegami (Channel 26, KTSF). The new transfer Ryuzaki
insists on arresting the suspect Iguchi for robbery (actually
burglary). Other police officers think he is over eager. The police
chief calls Ryuzaki into his office and laughingly
tells him how his daughter can imitate accents
from different regions of Japan. Ryuzaki fails to
see the relevance of this and said he has to get back to work.
But before Ryuzaki leaves the chief points out his daughter
learned the accents from her classmates. Ryuzaki gets the hint.
He goes to the prison where Iguchi was released.
In the end it turns out that the real thief was a cell mate of
Ryuzaki who learned part of his techniqes from him and from
another prisoner. The chief did not tell Ryuzaki that the
real thief may have been someone who used a composite of
robbery techniques. It was a bit indirect.
Writer Gilles Poitras commented that the police chief in this
series represents the ideal Confucian. While this episode may
have been a bit preachy with the chief's commentary at the end, it was
interesting to see how the police chief guided his subordinate in the
investigation. Sometimes leadership or guidance is not always direct.
In the Karate Kid movie, Mister Miyagi taught Daniel how to block
by waxing the cars, and painting the fence.
Guy
# posted by GuyTak @ 9:27 PM
