Quartet (2017)

Details

 * Title: カルテット
 * Title (English): Quartet
 * Also known as: Lovers & Liars
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Romance, suspense
 * Episodes: 10
 * Viewership ratings: 8.87%
 * Broadcast network: TBS
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-17 to 2017-Mar-21
 * Air time: Tuesday 22:00
 * Theme song: Otona no Okite by Doughnuts Hole (Matsu Takako, Mitsushima Hikari, Takahashi Issei, and Matsuda Ryuhei)

Synopsis
Four musicians' paths cross one winter by chance: two women and two men in their 30s, all whose dreams have gone sadly unfulfilled. Instead of swelling toward the peak of their lives, their lives all seem headed gently downhill. Despite being total strangers, they decide to share a house together in the wooded resort area of a Karuizawa and begin a musical quartet. But “chance” also hides some pretty big secrets in this brand new adult-sized drama that will have you laughing at odd chemistry, biting your nails at unexpected turns, and even alarmed by some stark truths of the human condition. -- TBS

Cast

 * Quartet Doughnuts
 * Matsu Takako as Maki Maki
 * Mitsushima Hikari as Sebuki Suzume
 * Ota Shizuku as young Suzume (ep3)
 * Takahashi Issei as Iemori Yutaka
 * Matsuda Ryuhei as Beppu Tsukasa


 * Restaurant & Music Hall Nocturne
 * Yoshioka Riho as Kisugi Arisu
 * Tomizawa Takeshi (富澤たけし) as Tanimura Daijiro
 * Yagi Akiko as Tanimura Takami


 * Others
 * Mummy-D as Handa Atsushi
 * Fujiwara Kisetsu (藤原季節) as Sumida Shintaro
 * Kudo Kankuro as Maki Mikio
 * Motai Masako as Maki Kyoko

Guests

 * Issey Ogata (イッセー尾形) as Benjamin Takita (ep1)
 * Kikuchi Akiko as Kujo Yui (ep1-2)
 * Maeda Oshiro as Iwase Jun (ep3)
 * Nakamura Yuko (中村優子) as Iwase Hiroko (ep3)
 * Tsuji Yoshinari (辻よしなり) as TV show host (ep3)
 * Takahashi Genichiro (高橋源一郎) as Watarai Otaro (ep3)
 * Inagawa Junji as radio voice (ep3)
 * Takahashi Maryjun as Ohashi Chamako (ep4)
 * Oe Yusei (大江優成) as Ohashi Kota (ep4)
 * Nagashima Keizo (永島敬三) as Saionji Makoto (ep4)
 * Asano Kazuyuki as Asaki Kunimitsu (ep5)
 * Hirahara Tetsu (平原テツ) as Okanaka Ken (ep5)
 * Ando Wako (安藤輪子) as Fujikawa Mio (ep5)
 * Morioka Ryu as Beppu Kei (ep5)
 * Omori Seiko (大森靖子) as Mizushima Reo (ep6)
 * Abe Tsuyoshi as Nishimura (ep6)
 * Shinohara Yukiko as Saotome Maki (ep9)

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Sakamoto Yuji
 * Chief Producer: Doi Nobuhiro
 * Producer: Sano Ayumi
 * Director: Doi Nobuhiro, Kaneko Fuminori, Tsuboi Toshio
 * Music: fox capture plan

Recognitions

 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Matsu Takako
 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Yoshioka Riho
 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter - Sakamoto Yuji
 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director - Doi Nobuhiro, Kaneko Fuminori, Tsuboi Toshio
 * 92nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
 * 7th Confidence Award Drama Prize: Best Drama
 * 7th Confidence Award Drama Prize: Best Actress - Matsu Takako
 * 7th Confidence Award Drama Prize: Best Supporting Actor - Takahashi Issei
 * 7th Confidence Award Drama Prize: Best Screenwriter - Sakamoto Yuji
 * 7th Confidence Award Drama Prize: Best Newcomer - Yoshioka Riho