The Quiz Show
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- 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
Cast
- Katagiri Jin as the Host
- Totsugi Shigeyuki as the Producer
Guests
- Nakamura Yasuhi
- Kirishima Reika (霧島れいか)
- Yamamoto Koji (ep1)
- Takahashi Mai (ep2)
- Sato Jiro (ep3-4)
- Muro Tsuyoshi (ep4)
- Sato Eriko (ep5-6)
- Oshima Yoko (ep5-6)
- Watanabe Tetsu (ep5-6)
- Okada Yoshinori (ep7-8)
- Horiuchi Keiko (ep9-10)
- Yamada Meikyo (ep9-12)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Oikawa Takuro (及川拓郎), Horai Ryuta (蓬莱竜太), Totsugi Shigeyuki
- Producer: Ikeda Kenji (池田健司), Moriya Takeshi
- Director: Oikawa Takuro (及川拓郎), Takahashi Hideaki (高橋秀明)
- Music: NARASAKI
Season 2
Some information on this page may be missing or even wrong.
- Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-18 start
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
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
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Oikawa Takuro (及川拓郎)
- Producer: Ikeda Kenji (池田健司), Moriya Takeshi
- Director: Nagumo Seiichi (南雲聖一), Sakuma Noriyoshi (佐久間紀佳)
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