Puzzle (2008)

Puzzle

Details

• Title: パズル
• Title (English): Puzzle
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Mystery, comedy
• Episodes: 10
• Viewership rating: 10.2 (Kanto)
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-18 to 2008-Jun-20
• Air time: Friday 21:00
• Theme song: Moon Crying by Koda Kumi

Synopsis

Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. However, Ayukawa possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. Motivated by the possibility of rewards and treasure, she ends up tackling various cases on the weekends along with 3 of her top students. --Tokyograph

Cast

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• Ishihara Satomi as Ayukawa Misako
• Yamamoto Yusuke as Imamura Shinichi
• Kimura Ryo as Kanzaki Akira
• Nagayama Kento as Tsukamoto Yoshio
• Iwata Sayuri as Matsuo Yuko
• Sato Chiaki as Takamura Michiru
• Asakura Aki as Wada Hitomi
• Tsujimoto Hiromasa (辻本嘉真) as Nagatsuka Kenichi
• Kaneko Norihito as Daido Gorou
• Shiomi Sansei as Kamata Torahiko

Guests

Piece 1

• Igawa Hisashi as Aoyagi Ryuzaemon
• Saigo Teruhiko as Aoyagi Ryutarou
• Jinbo Satoshi as Aoyagi Ryujiro
• Oginome Keiko as Ooki Tokie
• Miyaji Masako as Aoyagi Kanae
• Yamashita Hiroko as Aoyagi Yoshimi
• Ide Rakkyo (井手らっきょ) as Ooki Atsuo

Piece 2

• Wakamura Mayumi as Miabe Kimiko
• Ikezu Shoko as Amano Hoshiko
• Otsuru Gitan (大鶴義丹) as Oosawa Takehiko
• Shirosaki Jin as Tamada Kazuhisa
• Kawahara Sabu as Tsuchida Shougorou
• Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康) as Ishihara Keisuke
• Kubota Maki as Shimizu Eiko
• Kurobe Susumu as the shinto priest

Piece 3

• Ichikawa Kamejiro as Hashimoto Kenji
• Yajima Kenichi as Hasegawa Haruo
• Miho Jun as Kuroda Kumiko
• Nishio Mari as Hiroka Keiko
• Omiya Taro as Iwai Hiroshi
• Asakawa Chihiro (浅川稚広) as Kawakami Sachiko

Piece 4

• Kinomi Nana as Kurihara Wakaba
• Saito Yosuke as Chang Linpao
• Nakata Hirohisa (中田博久)as Narita Kouhei
• Morishita Yoshiyuki as Mizota Kenichi
• Rokkaku Shinji (六角慎司) as Okamura Shunsuke
• Sakamoto Makoto as Shimura Eiichi
• Fujimoto Shizuka as Koyama Maki
• Kato Ryo (加藤諒) as Shirashi Kenichi
• Nicholas Pettas as Michael Nicolsen

Piece 5

• Yamamoto Yoko (山本陽子) as Gondou Yayoi
• Sasano Takashi as Gondou Shouichirou
• Kawamata Shinobu (川俣しのぶ) as Gondou Eiko
• Ochi Shizuka as Fujishiro Chikako
• Shibuya Kotono as Hirota Rei
• Ono Atsuko (小野敦子) as Nakamura Ume
• Kusamura Reiko as Gondou Fuyu

Piece 6

• Minegishi Toru as Kitakata Shoichi
• Anan Kenji as Kanayama Junpei
• Hankai Kazuaki as Yamazaki Makoto
• Dan Jiro as Kurokawa Taizou
• Kobayashi Ayako as Kudou Natsuko
• Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Nagata Toshikazu
• Iijima Popopo (飯島ぽぽぽ) as Mimura Toshio
• Nishida Natsumi (西田奈津美) as Nagata Maki
• Yamano Fumito (山野史人) as middle-aged detective

Piece 7

• Kazama Morio as Konjakute Sannosuke
• Shimizu Koji as Konjakute Ichinosuke
• Hamada Akira as Shinoda Kohei
• Nakanishi Ryota as Konjakute Yonnosuke
• Denden as Konjakute Ninosuke
• Suzuki Sachiko (鈴木早智子) as Ikemura Akiko
• Otake Koichi (大竹浩一) as Konjakute Shounosuke
• Katsura Fukudanji (桂福團治) as Konjakute Mannosuke

Piece 8

• Nakayama Shinobu as Andou Tsubaki
• Wakabayashi Shiho (若林志穂) as Matsumura Ruri
• Hakamada Yoshihiko as Takamine Kyoji
• Koichi Mantaro as Soga Nobuo
• Rokkaku Seiji as Nishino Shigeru
• Nishida Ken as Sumida Tohru

Piece 9

• Takahashi Kaori as Kobashi Kyoko
• Hayashi Yasufumi as Ichikawa Kitao
• Yasoda Yuichi (八十田勇一) as Onodera Seiji
• Ishizuka Yoshiyuki (石塚義之) as Kubota Shuichi
• Tanahashi Nuts (棚橋ナッツ) as Ooishi
• Yana Nobuo (八名信夫) as Yamagami Kijurou

Piece 10

• Sada Mayumi as Nishino Erika
• Tokui Yuu as Ishido Takehiko

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Makita Mitsuharu
• Producer: Shibata Satoru (柴田聡), Funatsu Koichi, Makita Mitsuharu, Sato Yoshihiro (佐藤善宏)
• Chief producer: Kuwata Kiyoshi
• Director: Katayama Osamu

Episode Ratings

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)	Ratings (Kansai)	Ratings (Nationwide)
01	The greedy teacher and the hidden message of the heir! The will that calls upon death!!	14.1	??.?	??.?
02	The rock that hovers! The 100 year old curse! The mysterious shrine maiden	10.9	??.?	??.?
03	The mansion of the murder quiz! The secret message written in blood	11.0	??.?	??.?
04	The ghost of the abandoned school, the mysterious burned corpse and the secret message!	09.2	??.?	??.?
05	Fighting over the hot boys! Choosing the bride for the old family	10.2	??.?	??.?
06	The letter from the dead! The blood-soaked doll	08.9	??.?	??.?
07	If you listen to the cursed message, you are sure to mercilessly die	09.5	??.?	??.?
08	The invitation of murder, the greedy teacher VS the beautiful secretary	08.0	??.?	??.?
09	The oni lives! The cursed village festival that eats you up	08.4	??.?	??.?
10	The last puzzle. Pirate's secret treasure and signal	10.0	??.?	??.?
Average	--	10.2	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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