Details
Title: 理由
Title (romaji): Riyu
Also known as: The Reason
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Mystery
Viewership rating: 6.9 (NTV)
Broadcast network: WOWOW, NTV
Broadcast period: 2004-Apr-29 (WOWOW), 2005-Nov-8 (NTV)
Related show: Drama Complex (NTV)
Synopsis
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
Cast
Owada Shinya as Sato Yoshio
Matsuda Miyuki as Sato Akie
Hisamoto Masami as Kasai Mieko
Akaza Miyoko as Koito Takako
Atsugi Takuro (厚木拓郎) as Koito Takahiro
Fubuki Jun as Koito Shizuko
Yamada Tatsuo (山田辰夫) as Koito Shinji
Terashima Saki as Katakura Nobuko
Emoto Akira as Katakura Yoshifumi
Watanabe Eriko as Katakura Yukie
Sugai Kin as Katakura Taeko
Kobayashi Satomi as Kitahata Atsuko
Kotegawa Yuko as Akiyoshi Katsuko
Kase Ryo as Yashiro Yuji
Hidari Tokie (左時枝) as Takarai Toshiko
Hosoyamada Takahito as Takarai Yasutaka
Tatekawa Danshi (立川談志) as Takarai Tatsuo
Bengal as Takarai Mutsuo
Ito Ayumi as Takarai Ayako
Ishibashi Renji as Hayakawa Kazuki
Kobayashi Nenji as Toura Mutuo
Minamida Yoko as Ishida Kinue
Kataoka Tsurutaro as Ishida Naotaka
Katsuno Hiroshi as Ishida Naozumi
Miyazaki Masaru as Ishida Naomi
Miyazaki Aoi as Ishida Yukari
Ei Rokusuke (永六輔) as Ariyoshi Fusao
Minegishi Toru as Akiyoshi Katsuyuki
Hosho Mai as Toshiko
Negishi Toshie as Sunagawa Satoko
Nakae Yuri (中江有里) as Writer
Kishibe Ittoku as Caretaker
Watanabe Hiroyuki as Police
Maro Akaji as Akira "A-san"
Murata Takehiro as Ishikawa Koji
Tabe Mikako as Shinoda Izumi
Kikuchi Rinko
Shimada Kyusaku
Yuki Nae (裕木奈江)
Irie Wakaba (入江若葉)
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Riyu by Miyabe Miyuki (宮部みゆき)
Screenwriter: Obayashi Nobuhiko (大林宣彦), Ishimori Fumio (石森史郎)
Producer: Obayashi Kyoko (大林恭子), Yasuo Kaneko (靖夫金子)
Director: Obayashi Nobuhiko (大林宣彦)
Music: Yamashita Kosuke
Notes
The original novel won author Miyabe Miyuki, the Naoki Prize in 1999.
The drama special was also shown in theaters.
