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Quartet (Japanese TV series)

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Quartet
カルテット
Written byYuji Sakamoto
Directed byNobuhiro Doi
Fuminori Kaneko [ja]
Toshio Tsuboi
StarringTakako Matsu
Hikari Mitsushima
Issey Takahashi
Ryuhei Matsuda
Theme music composerRingo Sheena
Ending theme《おとなの掟》- Doughnuts Hole[1]
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducersNobuhiro Doi
Ayumi Sano
Running time54 min (including ads)
Original release
NetworkTokyo Broadcasting System Television
ReleaseJanuary 17 (2017-01-17) –
March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)

Quartet (カルテット, Karutetto) is a Japanese television drama, broadcast from January 2017 to March 2017 on the TBS television network. It stars Takako Matsu, Hikari Mitsushima, Issei Takahashi, and Ryuhei Matsuda.

Synopsis

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Four musicians meet at a karaoke bar in Tokyo and decide to form a quartet. They move into a house in Karuizawa to rehearse and perform at a local restaurant and music hall.

Cast

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  • Takako Matsu as Maki Maki, first violin, whose husband disappeared a year earlier
  • Hikari Mitsushima as Suzume Sebuki, cellist, with mysterious past
  • Issey Takahashi as Yutaka Iemori, violist
  • Ryuhei Matsuda as Tsukasa Beppu, second violin, whose grandfather owns the house they are living in.
  • Riho Yoshioka as Alice Kisugi, a waitress at Nocturne Restaurant and Music Hall
  • Takeshi Tomizawa as Daijiro Tanimura, chef at Nocturne restaurant and music hall
  • Akiko Yagi as Takami Tanimura, manager of Nocturne Restaurant & Music Hall
  • Mummy-D as Atsushi Handa
  • Masako Motai as Kyoko Maki, Maki Maki's mother-in-law who thinks Maki killed her son and hires Suzume to spy on her

Awards

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Ceremony Category Nominees Result
10th Tokyo Drama Awards Best Drama Series Quartet Nominated

References

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  1. ^ 松たか子・満島ひかり・高橋一生・松田龍平が限定ユニット結成 椎名林檎書き下ろし曲で歌声披露 (tr. "Takako Matsu, Hikari Mitsushima, Issei Takahashi and Ryuhei Matsuda form a group (lit. 'limited unit') and perform a song written by Shiina Ringo") mdpr.jp/news
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