Details
Title: ブルータスの心臓
Title (romaji): Brutus no Shinzo
Title (English): The Heart of Brutus
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Mystery, suspense
Viewership rating: 16.1
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2011-Jun-17
Air time: Friday 21:00-22:52
Related TV shows: 11 Moji no Satsujin, Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken
Synopsis
Elite researcher Suenaga Takuya, his department rival Hashimoto Atsushi, and Manager Nishina Toshiki plot to kill Amemiya Yasuko, the CEO's secretary and a shared mistress, whose pregnancy threatens to destroy their futures. However, their plan unravels when a mysterious 4th individual becomes involved, and the 3 men become the targets of wrath instead.
Cast
Fujiwara Tatsuya as Suenaga Takuya
Uchiyama Rina as Amemiya Yasuko
Kazama Morio as Nishina Toshiki
Tsurumi Shingo as Munakata Shinichi
Hakamada Yoshihiko as Nishina Naoki
Ashina Sei as Nashina Hoshiko
Kato Ai as Nakamori Yumie
Ohkura Koji as Hashimoto Atsushi
Kondo Yoshimasa as Sayama Shoichi
Takahashi Tsutomu as Sakai Goro
Otoo Takuma as Shindo
Oshinari Shugo as Takashi Yoji
Sato Masahiro as Kawada (taxi driver)
Sugisaki Masahiro as manager
Okamoto Kotaro as Takuya's father
Sano Yasuomi as Tadokoro
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Higashino Keigo
Screenwriter: Hikawa Kayo (ひかわかよ)
Producer: Morikawa Masayuki (森川真行)
Director: Irie Yu (入江悠)
Notes
Popular mystery author Higashino Keigo is having three of his early works adapted to the small screen – "11 Moji no Satsujin", "Brutus no Shinzo" and "Kairoutei Satsujin Jiken." Fuji TV will broadcast all three as 2-hour drama specials in its Friday night time slot over three consecutive weeks. -Tokyograph
