The Quiz Show
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Details
- Title: ザ・クイズショウ
- Title (English): The Quiz Show
- Format: Renzoku, across two seasons
- Genre: Suspense, psychological
- Broadcast network: NTV
Season 1
- Episodes: 12
- Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-06 to 2008-Sep-27
- Air time: Saturday 24:55
- Theme song: Paralyzed ocean by Pay money To my Pain
Synopsis
The Quiz Show features tormented characters in twelve episodes, with one common thread – the mysterious relationship between the deviant Producer and enigmatic Host of The Quiz Show. The Producer and the Host are both introduced in each episode in a dark asylum, the Producer look-ing put-together and strong, the Host ill-looking and without his memory. This short opening flashes into the dream-like set of "The Quiz Show." Each week a new contestant comes to play on the game show – little do they know that a dark secret deep within their past will be tested throughout the game. Each contestant highlights one of the Seven Deadly Sins – pride, gluttony, wrath, greed, sloth, lust and envy. They hide their public image behind an unforgivable sin they have committed. As they are asked questions from the Host, seven questions in total, the contestants are slowly forced to reveal details of their sins – will they lie under the pressure, or will the truth of their irremissible acts set them free? --NTV
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Katagiri Jin as Tazaki Toru (host)
- Totsugi Shigeyuki as Yamanobe Kengo (producer)
Contestants
- Yamamoto Koji as Murase Ryuichiro (ep1)
- Takahashi Mai as Nitta Hitomi (ep2)
- Sato Jiro as Smiley Kitajima (ep3-4)
- Sato Eriko as Uchida Kiyomi (ep5-6)
- Okada Yoshinori as Manaka Noboru (ep7-8)
- Horiuchi Keiko as Makikura Ryoko (9-10)
Supporting Cast
- Nakamura Yasuhi as The Quiz Show inviter
- Tsumura Noriyoshi as television director
- Kirishima Reika as Yamanobe Miyuki
- Someya Natsuko (染谷夏子)
Guests
- Ogura Takeshi (小椋毅) as Katsuragi Makoto (ep1)
- Uchida Chika as Katsuragi Reiko (ep1)
- Kodama Takashi as loan shark (ep1)
- Anami Atsuko as Maezono Haruka (ep2)
- Saeki Arata as Inoue Yuji (ep2)
- Yashiro Shingo as Kawakami Shingo (ep2)
- Yasuda Yushi (安田ユーシ) as Smiley Kitajima's manager (ep3-4)
- Gorgeous (ゴージャス) (ep3)
- Muro Tsuyoshi as Yanagiya Shiro (ep4)
- Inukai Wakahiro (犬飼若博) (ep4)
- Tozawa Yusuke (戸沢佑介) (ep4)
- Ichikawa Chieko (ep4)
- Watabe Aya (渡部彩) (ep4)
- Shirota Teruhisa (城田晃久) (ep4)
- Kinoshita Masanao (木下昌直) (ep4)
- Yamanashi Hana (山梨ハナ) (ep4)
- Takami Seiji (高見靖二) (ep4)
- Ito Mamiko (ep5-6,12)
- Iwamoto Yasuteru (岩本靖輝) (ep5)
- Yamanaka Takashi (ep5)
- Sakamoto Rio (坂本りお) (ep5-6)
- Oshima Yoko as Kikuko (ep5-6)
- Watanabe Tetsu as Kiyomi's father (ep5-6)
- Miura Hideaki (三浦英明) (ep6)
- Kudo Risa (ep6)
- Miyano Mamoru (宮野真守) as Tadao (ep7-8)
- Ogura Kaoru (小倉馨) (ep8)
- Yamada Meikyo as Makimura Kozo (ep9-12)
- Aoki Ryohei (ep12)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Oikawa Takuro, Horai Ryuta, Totsugi Shigeyuki
- Producer: Ikeda Kenji, Moriya Takeshi
- Director: Oikawa Takuro, Takahashi Hideaki (高橋秀明)
- Music: NARASAKI
Season 2
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership rating: 12.0 (Kanto)
- Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-18 to 2009-Jun-20
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
- Theme song: Ashita no Kioku by Arashi
Synopsis
Sakurai plays the host of a live TV quiz program. On the show, contestants who achieve 7 correct answers win 10 million yen, and those who get 8 correct answers will have one of their wishes granted by the TV network. But while the questions start off innocently enough, as the game progresses, the questions gradually delve into the contestants' past crimes or indiscretions, presenting them with the dilemma of having to confess their guilt in order to win. Sakurai's character also has a mysterious past. Before becoming the show's host, an accident had left him in a vegetative state for six years, which also resulted in him losing most of his memories. --Tokyograph
Cast
- Sakurai Sho as Kamiyama Satoru
- Yokoyama Yu as Honma Toshio
- Matsuura Aya as Takasugi Reina
- Maya Miki as Saejima Ryoko
- Sasai Eisuke as guide
- Enoki Takaaki as Tadokoro Osamu
- Mizusawa Erena as Nitta Misaki
- Tanaka Tetsushi as Yonekura Shinzo
- Izumiya Shigeru as Matsuzaka Gengoro
- Wada Masato as Takeuchi Koki
- Ohashi Nozomi as Saejima Minori
- Moriwaki Eriko as Urasawa Hitomi
Contestants
- Aikawa Sho as Ando Kosuke (ep1)
- Minami as Mika (ep2)
- Sherlock Reira as young Mika
- Narimiya Hiroki as Miyamoto Kenji (ep3)
- Asano Yuko as Yutenji Nokko (ep4)
- Ishiguro Ken as Tomobe Koichiro (ep5)
- Horiuchi Ken as Katsuragi Makoto (ep6)
- Sugimoto Tetta as Shibata Yuki (ep7)
Guests
- Tonesaku Toshihide as Komazawa (ep1)
- Marty Friedman (ep1)
- Jinbo Satoshi as Kawakami Daisuke (ep2)
- Kanai Yuta as Takahashi Hajime (ep3)
- Kano Eiko as himself (ep4)
- Isayama Hiroko as Sachiko (ep4)
- Ranka Rea as Nakanishi Tomomi (ep5)
- Shinagawa Toru as Kobayashi Tamotsu (ep5)
- Sunaga Kei as Saito (ep5)
- Matsumoto Hiroya as God hand Masa (ep5)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Oikawa Takuro
- Producer: Ikeda Kenji, Moriya Takeshi
- Director: Nagumo Seiichi, Sakuma Noriyoshi
- Music: NARASAKI
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 14.0 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 11.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 11.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 10.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 11.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 09.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 12.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 13.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | 14.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | 12.0 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Awards
- 61st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme song
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