The first episode of the Fuji TV Getsuku drama "Absolute Zero: Emergency Investigation of Information Crimes" starring actress Yasuko Sawaguchi was broadcast on October 6th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 6.5% for households and 3.6% for individuals.
The drama is the fifth in the "Absolute Zero" series. So far, seasons 1 (2010) and 2 (2011) starring Aya Ueto, season 3 (2018) starring Kazuki Sawamura, and season 4 (2020) have aired.
This time, the story is set in the "Special Information Crime Unit" (commonly known as DICT). DICT is an investigative agency that pursues perpetrators of "information crimes" that abuse advanced information technology and threaten the lives and property of citizens. They tackle a variety of information crimes, from everyday crimes that threaten people's daily lives to large-scale crimes that threaten national security, such as "special fraud" represented by anonymous, mobile crimes (commonly known as "tokuryu") and "cyberterrorism." This will be Sawaguchi's first appearance in a "Getsuku" drama, where she will play Ninomiya Nami, a detective at DICT.
In the first episode, DICT was established six months ago to deal with increasingly sophisticated information crimes. While they have been unable to achieve any visible results, a series of robberies involving the misuse of information occur. Commonalities between several of the incidents lead to speculation that Tokuryu is responsible, and the man responsible is arrested, but the case remains fundamentally unsolved. Nami (played by Sawaguchi) then decides that she wants to see the crime scene for herself...
