JUJU -- Issen（一線）

 

Medical dramas most likely populate television screens all over the world including Japan. In fact, I believe that every television drama season in my old stomping grounds is under orders from far above to have at least one medical drama somewhere across the channels. 

I have to admit though that this currently-running Thursday-night TV Asahi drama titled "Great Gift"（グレイトギフト）has got an interesting twist. Pathologist Tatsuomi Fujimaki, played by former beach hunk Takashi Sorimachi（反町隆史）, is in it deep as he possibly uncovers a huge deadly conspiracy involving the deaths of at least a former Prime Minister of Japan and a high-level and well-connected medical official due to a stealth weapon in the form of a virus. Oooooh!😱

Not surprisingly, the theme song had to be suitably dramatic and thrilling. So I got to hear JUJU's "Issen" (The Line) last week on NHK's "Uta Con"（うたコン）. At the time I watched her perform on stage, I hadn't known about its connection with "Great Gift" and just thought it as being a typically JUJU-esque song of dynamism and slinkiness. "Issen" was written by Tomoko and Erina Kiser while composed by Shogo Onishi. It was released as a single last month and listening to it a few times, I think it could also easily be used as a theme song for an action-packed anime.