Kazoku Game
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Details
- Title: 家族ゲーム
- Title (romaji): Kazoku Game
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Family, school
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership rating: 13.0% (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-17 to 2013-Jun-19
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Endless Game by Arashi
Synopsis
The Family Game was originally an award winning novel by Honma Yohei that was adapted for television drama and film. 30 years later, the story returns to the screen again on Fuji TV, Wednesday nights. Sakurai Sho stars in this troubling drama as the private tutor Yoshimoto Koya. Koya becomes a tutor to a student, Numata Shigeyuki, an underachiever on the verge of dropping out of middle school. Expecting immediate results, Shigeyuki’s father makes a deal with Koya that if he could make Shigeyuki return to school within a week, he would receive a 100,000 yen bonus. Koya accepts the offer, replying that he would only need 5 days to complete the mission but demands that no one should interfere with his methodology in doing so.
A handsome face with a reckless mouth, Koya is a wacky unpredictable pro tutor. How will he save Shigeyuki, a boy who has been bullied in school, betrayed by his best friend, and become a shut-in at home? How will he educate Shigeyuki to change his ways? What is Koya’s motivation in teaching? Koya’s "education" is nothing like anyone has ever imagined. You just have to see it yourself to believe it! -- Fuji TV
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Sakurai Sho as Tago Yudai / Yoshimoto Koya
- Kamiki Ryunosuke as Numata Shinichi
- Kutsuna Shiori as Mizukawa Sara (Asami Maika / Tachibana Maki)
- Tsunematsu Yuri as young Mizukami Sara (ep9)
- Uragami Seishuu as Numata Shigeyuki
- Kitahara Rie as Mogami Asuka
- Itao Itsuji as Numata Kazushige
- Suzuki Honami as Numata Kayoko
Guests
- Oka Chie (岡千絵) as Imoto Kyoka (ep1-10)
- Mashita Yuki as Numata’s neighbor (ep1-10)
- Hironaka Maki as Numata’s neighbor (ep1-10)
- Uchida Shige as Kazushige’s co-worker Katsuno (ep1,3,5-8,10)
- Miyakawa Ichirota as Enomoto Takashi (ep1,10)
- Matsushima Kaito (松島海斗) as Sonoda Mitsuru (ep1-10)
- Nishimoto Ginjiro as Yamao Yasushi (ep1-10)
- Kawasaki Shingo (川崎槙吾) as Aikawa Takeo (ep1-5,8)
- Eguchi Yuki (江口祐貴) as Mitsui Takumi (ep1-10)
- Yoshida Kakeru (吉田翔) as Ichihara (ep1-10)
- Sengoku Ryusei (仙石流星) as Takeshita (ep1-10)
- Maeshima Ami (前島亜美) as herself (ep1)
- Okada Yuka (岡田友香) as a tv reporter (ep1,7)
- Sekiguchi Akira (関口あきら) (ep1)
- Takahashi Osamu (高橋修) as a restaurant staff (ep1)
- Sakamoto Atsuhiro (坂本充広) as Shigeyuki’s teacher (ep2-5)
- Yoshii Hajime (吉井一肇) as Sanada Souta (ep2,4-7,9)
- Oshinari Shugo as the real Yoshimoto Koya (ep2-3,6-7,9-10)
- Sato Naoko as Koya's mother (ep3,6-7,10)
- Fujioka Taiki (ep3)
- Arikawa Yume (有川結女) as Mano Sakura (ep4-5,10)
- Korechika Atsushi as Shinichi's teacher (ep4,7)
- Ode Nanako as Sakura's friend (ep4-5)
- Mochizuki Hitomi (望月ひとみ) as the voice of Tachibana Maki (ep4)
- Hirama Soichi (平間壮一) as Takatsu (ep5-6)
- Imagawa Tomoyuki (今川智将) as track and field team member (ep5)
- Chiba Kazuma (千葉一磨) as track and field team member (ep5)
- Yokota Katsuya (横田勝矢) (ep5)
- Kato Shota (ep5)
- Uenoyama Hiroshi (ep5)
- Tamura Taijiro as Takayanagi (ep6,9)
- Kodama Takashi as Nishiguchi (ep6,9)
- Takeshi Taro (武子太郎) as Hazama (ep6,9)
- Saeki Arata as Marukawa (ep6,9)
- Kame (かめ) as the real Asami Maika (ep6)
- Kamioka Hiroko (上岡紘子) as Kayoko's mother (ep7)
- Shigemura Yoshinobu (重村佳伸) as Kazushige's coworker (ep7)
- Murai Kunio as Kayoko's father (ep7)
- Iwase Ryo as Shinichi's teacher (ep8)
- Saito Megumi as Tachibana Maki's neighbor (ep8)
- Okazaki Hiroshi (岡崎宏) as Kazushige's boss (ep8)
- Senda Shinya (扇田森也) as the real Marukawa (ep9)
- Isawa Takayuki (井澤崇行) as a teacher (ep9)
- Omura Miki as a teacher (ep9)
- Matsuyama Hisako as a parent (ep9)
- Minami Yoshiko (南風佳子) as a parent (ep9)
- Shirakura Yuji as an employment service center staff (ep9)
- Yasuda Hiroshi (安田裕) as a manager (ep10)
- Ayukawa Keigo (鮎河圭吾) (ep10)
- Araki Yoshiaki (ep10)
- Yoshida Kakeru as Ichihara Manabu
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Kazoku Game by Honma Yohei
- Screenwriter: Muto Shogo
- Producer: Inada Hideki, Kobayashi Hiroshi
- Director: Sato Yuichi
- Music: Honda Toshiyuki
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Do you want to improve your grades? The ever so strange tutor made my little brother suffer a break down |
12.0 |
| 02 | The tutor made my little brother become his pet dog! | 13.7 |
| 03 | The tutor invited the entire class to his birthday party! | 11.1 |
| 04 | My little brother receives a love letter?? The tutor forces him on a date! | 12.2 |
| 05 | Shinichi is a monster created by the Numata family themselves | 12.4 |
| 06 | An emergency family meeting! The agenda being the dismissal of the tutor | 12.9 |
| 07 | The Numata family really began to break down 3 years ago! Their mother, Kayoko, hits rock bottom | 13.6 |
| 08 | The family game hosted by the tutor, the results are in! | 12.6 |
| 09 | Yoshimoto's shocking past! What lies beyond the breakdown... | 12.4 |
| 10 | The reason why he became a tutor~Who did he kill? | 16.7 |
| Average | 13.0 | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognitions
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor - Sakurai Sho
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Kamiki Ryunosuke
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter - Muto Shogo
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director - Sato Yuichi
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme song
- 17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2013): Best Drama
- 17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2013): Best Actor - Sakurai Sho
- 17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2013): Best Supporting Actor - Kamiki Ryunosuke
- 17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2013): Best Supporting Actress - Suzuki Honami
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