Details
Title: 聖なる怪物たち
Title (romaji): Seinaru Kaibutsutachi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 8
Viewership rating: 7.8 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-19 to 2012-Mar-08
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Synopsis
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious university hospital to a financially troubled hospital, but there he meets a capable and cool-headed chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him the reality of the medical world. The pure Kengo must face various obstacles and challenges as he tears off the “masks” of respected professionals – doctors, nurses, and educators – and uncovers their true natures.
Actor Hasegawa Hiroki plays the manager of a major group that operates schools, while Kato Ai plays his wife and the sister of Yuka. --Tokyograph
Cast
Okada Masaki as Shiba Kengo
Nakatani Miki as Kasugai Yuka
Hasegawa Hiroki as Hyuga Toshio
Kato Ai as Hyuga Keiko
Suzuki Anne as Arima Mie
Omasa Aya as Hirai Yoko
Katsumura Masanobu as Mizuhara Ryoji
Hirata Mitsuru as Shiba Sogo
Kohinata Fumiyo as Okubo Shiro
Watanabe Ikkei as Itokawa Yojiro
Yuzawa Ben (ep1)
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Seinaru Kaibutsutachi by Kawahara Len (河原れん)
Screenwriters: Arai Shuko (荒井修子), Takayama Naoya
Producers: Funatsu Koichi, Shimoda Kazutoshi (霜田一寿), Ikeda Sadako (池田禎子)
Directors: Fujita Meiji (藤田明二), Ochiai Masayuki (落合正幸), Tsunehiro Jota (常廣丈太)
Music: Sawada Kan
