Signal (Japanese TV series)
2018 Japanese television drama series
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Signal (Japanese: シグナル, Hepburn: Shigunaru), also known as Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team (Japanese: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班, Hepburn: Shigunaru: Chōki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sōsahan), is a Japanese police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST from April 10 to June 12, 2018, on Fuji TV.[1][2]
| Signal | |
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Promotional poster | |
| シグナル (Shigunaru) | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Fuji TV |
| Based on | [a] |
| Written by | Masaya Ozaki |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Don't Leave Me" by BTS |
| Composers | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
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| Camera setup | Single camera |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | April 10 – June 12, 2018 |
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A sequel film, Signal the Movie, was released in theaters in Japan on April 2, 2021.[3]
Cast
Main
- Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa
- Michiko Kichise[4] as Misaki Sakurai
- Kazuki Kitamura[4] as Takeshi Ooyama
Supporting
*Atsuro Watabe[4] as Tsutomu Yamada
- Yuichi Kimura as Tsutomu Yamada
- Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Shinya Kojima
- Masahiro Komoto as Kazuo Iwata
- Kaede Aono as Rika Anzai
- Fuju Kamio[5] as Ryota Kato
- Yuito Obara[6] as Yōichi Ogawa
Original soundtrack
Boy group BTS from South Korea sang the opening theme song of the series entitled "Don't Leave Me".[7]
Ratings
| Ep. | Broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanto region | Kansai region | Ref. | ||
| 1 | April 10, 2018 | 9.7% | 12.9% | [15] |
| 2 | April 17, 2018 | 8.4% | 14.3% | [16] |
| 3 | April 24, 2018 | 8.3% | 11.9% | [17] |
| 4 | May 1, 2018 | 7.9% | 13.0% | [18] |
| 5 | May 8, 2018 | 6.7% | 11.6% | [19] |
| 6 | May 15, 2018 | 5.7% | 9.7% | [20] |
| 7 | May 22, 2018 | 6.9% | 10.1% | [21] |
| 8 | May 29, 2018 | 6.9% | 10.3% | [22] |
| 9 | June 5, 2018 | 7.3% | 11.4% | [23] |
| 10 | June 12, 2018 | 9.2% | 13.5% | [24] |
| Average | 7.7% | 11.9% | ||
International broadcast
Film
Notes
- Both versions of Signal and the 2016 US TV series Frequency originate from the 2000 film of the same name by Toby Emmerich