Monsters (Japanese TV series)

Monsters
Genre	Crime Mystery
Screenplay by	Mitsuharu Makita
Directed by	Katsuo Fukuzawa Shunichi Hirano Yuki Osawa Yasuharu Ishii
Starring	Shingo Katori Tomohisa Yamashita
Ending theme	"Monsters" by The Monsters
Composers	Shingo Katori Tomohisa Yamashita
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Akihiko Ishimaru Masanao Takahashi Kenzo Abe
Running time	54 minutes
Production company	Toho
Original release
Network	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
Release	October 21 (2012-10-21) – December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)

Monsters is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS, starring Katori Shingo and Tomohisa Yamashita.[1] The series aired in Autumn 2012.

Cast

• Katori Shingo as Heihachi Hiratsuka
• Yamashita Tomohisa as Kosuke Saionji
• Emi Takano as Kanako Yanagihara
• Tomoya Warabino as Kanji Takakura
• Daisuke Kikuta as Hayato Kudo
• Tatsuya Hino as Junichi Fujisaki
• Tomoya Shiroishi as Shuji Hara
• Yasukage Hinaka as Koji Kitagawa
• Makoto Ohtake as Wataru Kenmochi
• Kenichi Endō as Hajime Kaneda

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Ratings
1	"An unprecedented thrilling mystery is starting!! An excessively polite detective, a ○○ perpetrator!? A perfect crime lurking in a huge family business. The first culprit is you."	Katsuo Fukuzawa	Mitsuharu Makita	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)	13.8%[2]
2	"Instantaneous culprit"	Katsuo Fukuzawa	Mitsuharu Makita	October 28, 2012 (2012-10-28)	13.4%[3]
3	"A mystery writer's too perfect time trick"	Shunichi Hirano	Mitsuharu Makita	November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04)	11.2%[4]
4	"Murder Case of the invisible man at the university hospital"	Yuki Osawa	Mitsuharu Makita	November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11)	11.5%[5]
5	"The ultimate gourmet murder case. The last meal is an illusory taste."	Yasuharu Ishii	Mitsuharu Makita	November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18)	11.0%[6]
6	"Eccentric detective vs. genius inventor!! Is the locked room actually locked?"	Shunichi Hirano	Mitsuharu Makita	November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)	10.3%[7]
7	"Does the culprit have a split personality?"	Katsuo Fukuzawa Yuki Osawa	Masafumi Nishida	December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02)	8.0%[8]
8	"Farewell rough detective!! The last case is soundly defeated... The strange case that was foretold 20 years ago and the truth about Heihachi"	Katsuo Fukuzawa Shunichi Hirano	Masafumi Nishida	December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)	13.5%[9]

Reception

A review of the series praised the comedic dimensionl of Kenichi Endo's acting performance.[1]

References

1. 柳原可奈子、山Pの彼女役で初ヒロイン!「ドッキリじゃなくてひとまず良かった～」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
2. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 初回は１３・８％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
3. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第２話は１３・４％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-10-29. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
4. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第３話は１１・２％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-11-05. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
5. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第４話は１１・５％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-11-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
6. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第５話は１１・０％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-11-19. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
7. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第６話は１０・３％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-11-26. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
8. 香取慎吾＆山Ｐの「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 第７話は８・０％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-12-03. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
9. 香取＆山Ｐダブル主演「ＭＯＮＳＴＥＲＳ」 最終回は１３・５％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2012-12-10. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

External links

• Monsters at IMDb