Yokai Ningen Bem

Details

Title: 妖怪人間べム
Title (romaji): Yokai Ningen Bem
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Supernatural adventure
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-22 to 2011-Dec-24
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme songs:
- Opening theme: Yokai Ningen Bem Theme, by Bem, Bela and Belo
- Ending theme: BIRTH, by KAT-TUN

Synopsis

Bem (Kamenashi Kazuya), Bella (Anne) and Bello (Suzuki Fuku) are ugly monsters that are neither human nor animals, but they are peace-loving, righteous heroes who feel compelled to help humans in trouble. Because they are monsters, they are feared and detested by humans, and on top of that, pursued by the police. However, a friendship develops between them and a detective (Kitamura Kazuki) by mere accident. Through their contact with humans, Bem, Bella and Bello's earnest wish to become human grow increasingly stronger. They battle evil for the sake of mankind, in the belief that they will be able to become humans one day … … --Jdrama Weblog

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

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Kamenashi Kazuya as Bem
Anne as Bela
Suzuki Fuku as Belo
Kitamura Kazuki as Natsume Akinori
Hori Chiemi as Natsume Nahoko
Sugisaki Hana as Natsume Yui
- Konishi Mau as young Yui (ep1,8-9)
Hayashi Roi (林遼威) as Natsume Makoto (ep1,6,8-9)
Agata Morio (あがた森魚) as Ogata Hiroyasu
Ishibashi Anna as Ogata Koharu
Hirota Leona as Machimura Hidemi
Nagaoka Tasuku as Tsuji Naoki
Emoto Akira as Nameless Man / Ogata Shinsaku

Guests

Nakamura Tomoya as Okada (ep1)
Kasai Shige as Matsushita (ep1)
Tamura Taijiro as farmer (ep1)
Kodama Norikatsu as farmer (ep1,9)
Meguri Hiroo (廻飛呂男) (ep1)
Taguchi Kazumasa (ep1)
Nakamura Koji (中村浩二) as criminal (ep1)
Yoshimura Yui (吉村唯) as hostage (ep1)
Okamoto Shoji (ep1)
Ito Makoto (伊藤慎) (ep1-9)
Miyaki Yoshio (宮木ヨシオ) (ep1-9)
Jersey Maki Itosu (じゃーじー真樹糸洲) (ep1-2)
Sano Yayoi (佐野弥生) (ep1-9)
Mitsuishi Ken as Hatakeyama (ep1)
Kanazawa Miho as Koharu's classmate (ep2)
Ariyama Takahiro (有山尚宏) as convenience store employee (ep2)
Matsunaga Hayato (松永隼) as Arai Masaki (ep2)
Kubo Kantaro (久保貫太郎) as victim (ep2)
Tsukada Honami (塚田帆南) as Koharu's classmate (ep2)
Shibata Yuhei (柴田雄平) (ep2)
Takizawa Haruyuki (滝澤晴幸) as victim (ep2)
Kazama Shunsuke as Kanabayashi Teruo (ep2)
Hosoda Yoshihiko as purse snatcher (ep3)
Satsuki Haruko (五月晴子) as victim (ep3)
Shimazaki Nobuo (嶋崎伸夫) as factory worker (ep3)
Kiyokawa Motomu (清川元夢) as victim (ep3)
Takigawa Eiji (ep3)
Sakoda Takaya as factory worker (ep3)
Koseki Yasuyuki (小関靖幸) (ep3)
Hirata Mitsuru as Wakui Tadao (ep3)
- Okumura Tomofumi as young Wakui Tadao (ep3)
Komura Yujiro (小村裕次郎) (ep4)
Ise Yumiko (ep4)
Fujimoto Koji (藤本浩二) as policeman (ep4)
Tanaka Kanau (ep4)
Araki Yoshiaki (ep4)
Mitani Shota (三谷翔太) (ep4)
Okuyama Yayoi (奥山弥生) (ep4)
Matsunoi Ryo (松之井綾) (ep4)
Ota Maki (太田麻貴) (ep4)
Mika (みか) (ep4)
Konno Mahiru as Asahina Hikari (ep4)
Kato Mitsuru (ep5)
Yoshimasu Yuji (吉増裕士) as Shinoyama Yutaka's father (ep5)
Higashi Yuki as Shinoyama Yutaka's mother (ep5)
Masaoka Taishi (政岡泰志) as policeman (ep5)
Ikeguchi Jube (池口十兵衛) as policeman (ep5)
Fujimoto Yusuke (藤本悠輔) as policeman (ep5)
Saito Takumi as Shinoyama Yutaka (ep5)
- Kishi Haruto (岸靖人) as young Shinoyama Yutaka (ep5)
Furutachi Kanji as Togo Shuichi (ep6-8)
Hisamatsu Nobuyoshi as Fujiwara Hiroshi (ep6)
Fujii Tsunehisa (藤井恒久) (ep6)
Tanaka Tetsushi as Okubo Hajime (ep6-8)
Adachi Makoto (足立誠) (ep7)
Yasuzawa Chigusa as Yamada Kohei's mother (ep7)
Osabe Tsutomu (長部努) (ep7)
Sagawa Masaharu (佐川正治) (ep7)
Ayano Go as Yamada Kohei (ep7)
- Kobayashi Kaito as young Kohei (ep7)
Satoi Kenta as Yamada Kohei's father (ep7)
Igawa Tetsuya (井川哲也) as farmer (ep9)
Oyama Takanori (大山鎬則) (ep9)
Nishida Kiyoshi (西田清史) as farmer (ep9)
Watabe Ryosuke (渡部遼介) as farmer (ep9)
Taguchi Hiroko (ep9)
Takaya Yuya (貴山侑哉) as robber (ep10)
Yuge Tomohisa (ep10)
Kanematsu Wakato (兼松若人) (ep10)
Arasawa Yuta (荒澤雄太) as robber (ep10)
Ito Tsuyoshi (伊藤毅) as robber (ep10)
Tani Daisuke (谷大輔) (ep10)
Iyamoto Naoki (辞本直樹) (ep10)
Banzai Mitsue (萬歳光恵) (ep10)
Fujita Masaaki (藤田雅明) (ep10)

Production Credits

Original work: Anime Asatsu-DK
Screenwriter: Nishida Masafumi
Producer: Kono Hidehiro, Harafuji Kazuteru, Ohkura Hiroko, Koizumi Mamoru
Director: Kariyama Shunsuke (ep1-2,5,7,9-10), Sakuma Noriyoshi (ep3-4), Asami Masafumi (ep6,8)
Music: Sakita Hajime
Narrator: Kobayashi Kiyoshi (小林清志)

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle / Scenario	Ratings (Kanto)
01	悪を倒し闇に隠れ生きる妖怪が今甦る! はやく人間になりたい	18.9
02	涙の秘密…人間になれない連続通り魔	17.1
03	絶対死なせない! 人間を守る妖怪の正体	15.8
04	オイラが守る…放火魔にベロ涙の変身!	16.7
05	ベムベラベロ誕生の秘密…さよなら妖怪	16.2
06	爆破事件の犯人は彼	14.3
07	産みの親についに再会…もうすぐ人間に	14.9
08	善良刑事の復讐…! もう一人の妖怪の罠	13.9
09	人間になるか? 妖怪のままか? 最終決断	13.2
10	さよならベム・ベラベロ…人間になれるのか！？最後の大決闘！！	14.5
Average		15.6

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Recognitions

15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Drama
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Actor - Kamenashi Kazuya
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Supporting Actor - Suzuki Fuku
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Supporting Actress - Anne
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor - Kamenashi Kazuya
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Anne
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2011): Best Drama
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2011): Best Actor - Kamenashi Kazuya
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2011): Best Supporting Actor - Suzuki Fuku
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2011): Best Supporting Actress - Anne

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