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| Monsters | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime Mystery |
| Screenplay by | Mitsuharu Makita |
| Directed by | Katsuo Fukuzawa Shunichi Hirano Yuki Osawa Yasuharu Ishii |
| Starring | Shingo Katori Tomohisa Yamashita |
| Ending theme | "Monsters" by The Monsters |
| Composers | Shingo Katori Tomohisa Yamashita |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Akihiko Ishimaru Masanao Takahashi Kenzo Abe |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Production company | Toho |
| Original release | |
| Network | Tokyo Broadcasting System Television |
| Release | October 21 – December 9, 2012 |
Monsters is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS, starring Katori Shingo and Tomohisa Yamashita. [1] The series aired in Autumn 2012.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "An unprecedented thrilling mystery is starting!! An excessively polite detective, a ○○ perpetrator!? A perfect crime lurking in a huge family business. The first culprit is you." | Katsuo Fukuzawa | Mitsuharu Makita | October 21, 2012 | 13.8% [2] |
| 2 | "Instantaneous culprit" | Katsuo Fukuzawa | Mitsuharu Makita | October 28, 2012 | 13.4% [3] |
| 3 | "A mystery writer's too perfect time trick" | Shunichi Hirano | Mitsuharu Makita | November 4, 2012 | 11.2% [4] |
| 4 | "Murder Case of the invisible man at the university hospital" | Yuki Osawa | Mitsuharu Makita | November 11, 2012 | 11.5% [5] |
| 5 | "The ultimate gourmet murder case. The last meal is an illusory taste." | Yasuharu Ishii | Mitsuharu Makita | November 18, 2012 | 11.0% [6] |
| 6 | "Eccentric detective vs. genius inventor!! Is the locked room actually locked?" | Shunichi Hirano | Mitsuharu Makita | November 25, 2012 | 10.3% [7] |
| 7 | "Does the culprit have a split personality?" | Katsuo Fukuzawa Yuki Osawa | Masafumi Nishida | December 2, 2012 | 8.0% [8] |
| 8 | "Farewell rough detective!! The last case is soundly defeated... The strange case that was foretold 20 years ago and the truth about Heihachi" | Katsuo Fukuzawa Shunichi Hirano | Masafumi Nishida | December 9, 2012 | 13.5% [9] |
A review of the series praised the comedic dimensionl of Kenichi Endo's acting performance. [1]