Quartet (Japanese TV series)

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.

Quartet
カルテット
Written byYuji Sakamoto
Directed byNobuhiro Doi
Fuminori Kaneko
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)
Release
Original networkTokyo Broadcasting System Television
Original releaseJanuary 17 (2017-01-17) 
March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)

Synopsis

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

  • 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

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

References

  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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