Galileo
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Season 1
- Title: ガリレオ
- Title (English): Galileo
- Tagline: 嘘を突く 謎を解く
- Tagline (romaji): Uso wo tsuku, nazo wo toku / See through the lies, solve crimes.
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Detective, mystery
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership ratings: 22.0(Kanto)
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-15 to 2007-Dec-17
- Air time: Monday 21:00
- Theme song: KISS Shite by KOH+
- See Galileo OST for the original soundtrack
Synopsis
In "Galileo," Fukuyama Masaharu plays a genius physicist and university associate professor, Yukawa Manabu, who solves difficult mysteries. Affectionately known as Tantei Galileo ("Detective Galileo"), Yukawa is brilliant, an all-round sportsman, tall and handsome but eccentric. Yukawa's partner is a rookie cop, Utsumi Kaoru (Shibasaki Kou), a hot-blooded woman with a strong sense of justice. -- jade_frost
Cast
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- Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
- Shibasaki Kou as Utsumi Kaoru
- Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
- Shinagawa Hiroshi as Yuge Shiro
- Watanabe Ikkei as Kuribayashi Hiromi
- Maya Miki as Jonouchi Sakurako
- Hayashi Tsuyoshi as Murase Kensuke
- Aoi as Taniguchi Saeko
- Fukui Hiroaki as Kobuchizawa Takashi
- Takayama Miyako (高山都) as Watanabe Miyuki
- Ito Takahiro as Mori Eita
Production Credits
- Original writing: Higashino Keigo Tantei Galileo (novel), Yochimu (novel)
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (ep1-4,10), Furuya Osho (古家和尚) (ep3,5,7-10), Matsumoto Otaro (松本欧太郎) (ep6)
- Producer: Suzuki Yoshihiro, Makino Tadashi, Kikuchi Hiroyuki (菊池裕幸)
- Director: Nishitani Hiroshi (ep1-2,6), Narita Takeshi (ep3,5,8), Sawada Kensaku (ep4,10), Nishisaka Mizuki (ep7,9)
- Music: Fukuyama Masaharu, Kanno Yugo
Episode Information
| Episode | Title | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Burns | Weirdo Genius Scientist | 24.7 | 22.8 | ??.? |
| 02 | Floats (Astral Projection) | The Mystery of the OL Murdere and the Flying Boy! | 22.1 | 23.8 | ??.? |
| 03 | Rattles (Poltergeist) | A Missing Husband and the Dark House Cursed by a Ghost! | 21.3 | 21.7 | ??.? |
| 04 | Rots (Necrosis) | Dangerous Seduction of the Handsome Prodigal Killer | 23.6 | 24.8 | ??.? |
| 05 | Strangles (Asphyxia) | The Mystery of the Fireball and the Perfect Closed-room Murder | 22.9 | 24.0 | ??.? |
| 06 | Dreams (Fantasy) | Future Love and a Long Night Together | 21.4 | 21.5 | ??.? |
| 07 | Predicts (Premonition) | The Beautiful Wife's Favorite Murder Device of Horror | 21.9 | 21.3 | ??.? |
| 08 | Sees (Spiritual Sight) | The Ghost who Notified Her Sister of the Murder | 19.9 | 20.4 | ??.? |
| 09 | Bursts (Explosion), Part 1 | Serial Murders Set Up by the Devil | 21.7 | 22.3 | ??.? |
| 10 | Bursts (Explosion), Part 2 | KISS Me on Christmas Eve! | 19.6 | 21.9 | ??.? |
| Average | -- | -- | 22.0 | 22.4 | ?? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
- Episode titles are written using the kanji of another similar word, shown here in parentheses
- Episodes in red are based on Tantei Galileo, while those in blue are based on Yochimu.
- Episodes 9 and 10 are two separate chapters from the novel Tantei Galileo. Episode 9 corresponds to Projects (Transcription) and episode 10 corresponds to Bursts (Explosion).
Recognitions
- 13th Asian Television Awards: Best Drama Series
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor - Fukuyama Masaharu
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Shibasaki Kou
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Script - Fukuda Yasushi
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director
- 55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
Special
- Title: ガリレオΦ（エピソードゼロ）
- Title (English): Galileo: Episode Zero
- Viewership rating: 20.8
- Broadcast date: 2008-Oct-04
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
Synopsis
The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his former badminton teammate, the brilliant professor Yukawa Manabu. --Tokyograph
Cast
- Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
- Miura Haruma as young Manabu
- Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
- Sano Kazuma as young Shunpei
- Watanabe Ikkei as Kuribayashi Hiromi
- Shinagawa Hiroshi as Yuge Shiro
- Maya Miki as Jonouchi Sakurako
- Fukui Hiroaki as Kobuchizawa Takashi
- Nagasawa Masami as Shionoya Akari
- Komatsu Ayaka as Hirahara Yoko
- Karina as Shindo Namie
- Hasegawa Tomoharu as Konno Sosuke
- Namioka Kazuki as Tomanaga Kunihiro
- Kanie Keizo as Tomanaga Yukimasa
Production Credits
- Original writing: Higashino Keigo
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
- Producer: Suzuki Yoshihiro, Makino Tadashi
- Director: Nishisaka Mizuki
Notes
- The drama is based on a novel series by Higashino Keigo, who won the prestigious Naoki Prize in 2006.
- Fukuyama Masaharu wrote the music and lyrics for the theme song. He also accompanies singer Shibasaki Kou on guitar and vocals in the chorus.
- Both the movie spin-off, Yogisha X no Kenshin, and the TV special, Galileo: Episode Zero, premiered in Japan on 2008-Oct-04.
Season 2
- Title: ガリレオ
- Title (romaji): Galileo
- Also known as: Galileo 2
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 19.9%
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-15 to 2013-Jun-17
- Air time: Mondays 21.00 - 21.54
- Theme song: Koi no Maryoku (Magic of Love) by KOH (Fukuyama Masaharu & Shibasaki Kou)
Synopsis
Utsumi Kaoru visits Yukawa Manabu to introduce him to Kishitani Misa, a rookie detective and Teito University graduate who joined the police force last year. Kaoru begins to talk about a case that occured at a Kamata multi-tenant building five years ago. It was a case in which the follower of a shady new cult plunged to his death from the fifth floor of the building which had become a branch of the church. However, the cult’s founder Renzaki Shiko said the cause of the death was due to his communication of this follower’s feelings in a seance. The police had to release Renzaki due to the lack of evidence. Kaoru shows Yukawa a series of continuous shots that a magazine’s photographer took on the night of the incident until the follower fell. She tells him that Renzaki did not lay a finger on the follower and that the eyeballs of the deceased was clouded. Learning that Renzaki is still conducting seances, Yukawa shows a strong interest in the possibility of scientifically verifying phenomena which has a high likelihood of being reproduced. The proud and confident Misa is bewildered by Yukawa’s lack of interest in the background of the case, but visits the cult’s base with him. It is a community deep in the mountains. Renzaki and his followers are living a life of self-sufficiency here. Misa asks Renzaki to let her experience a seance but … … --Jdrama
Cast
- Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
- Yoshitaka Yuriko as Kishitani Misa
- Sawabe Yu (澤部佑) as Otagawa Minoru
- Shibasaki Kou as Utsumi Kaoru
- Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
- Watanabe Ikkei as Kuribayashi Hiromi
Guests
- Osawa Takao as Ishimoto Kazuo (ep 01)
- Okunuki Kaoru as Ishimoto Sayoko (ep 01)
- Kajiwara Zen as Mashima (ep 01)
- Ito Takashi as Moriya Hajime (ep 01)
- Shirakura Yuji as Nakagami M. (ep 01)
- Nishihara Aki as Satoyama Nami (ep 01)
- Toda Masahiro as Valley (ep 01)
Production Credits
- Original writing: Higashino Keigo
- Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
- Producer: Makino Tadashi
- Director: Nishisaka Rui (西坂瑞城)
- Original Soundtrack by Fukuyama Masaharu
Recognitions
- 77th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Yoshitaka Yuriko
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