Ship of Theseus

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Drama: Ship of Theseus (literal title)
Romaji: Teseusu no Fune
Japanese: テセウスの船
Director: Yasuharu Ishii, Daisuke Yamamuro
Writer: Toshiya Higashimoto (manga), Maki Takahashi
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 19 - March 22, 2020
Runtime: Sunday 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 13.4%
Genre: Mystery / Time Travel / Based on a Comic
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Shin Tamura (Ryoma Takeuchi) and his mother have experienced difficult times due to Shin's father. His father was a police officer, but arrested for murder. One day, Shin Tamura's wife tells him to trust his father. This leads to Shin Tamura's decision to visit his father in prison, but, suddenly, he is shrouded in mist and travels back in time to 1989, which was right before his father's murder case took place. Shin Tamura sees his family with smiles on their faces. He decides to change what happened in the past.

Notes

"Ship of Theseus" takes over TBS' Sunday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "La Grande Maison Tokyo" and followed by "Naoki Hanzawa" on July 19, 2020.
Based on manga series "Teseusu no Fune" by Toshiya Higashimoto ( published from June 22, 2017 to June 27, 2019 in Japanese seinen manga magazine Morning).

Cast

Year 2020



Ryoma Takeuchi	Juri Ueno	Masanobu Ando	Shihori Kanjiya
Shin Tamura	Yuki Tamura	wheelchair man	Rin Tamura

Year 1989



Ryohei Suzuki	Nana Eikura	Tamaki Shiratori	Tenta Banka
Bungo Sano	Masako Sano	Rin Sano	Shingo Sano

Others



Yumi Asou	Yusuke Santamaria	Sei Ashina	Ryo Ryusei
Satsuki Kimura	Shigeo Kanemaru	Noriko Matsuo	Tsubasa Hasegawa



Takashi Sasano	Naomasa Musaka	Seiya Ito	Hiroki Konno
Hideo Ishizaka	Kenji Izawa	Masashi Tanaka	Takuya Tokuhon

Additional Cast Members:

Haru Takagi - Shin Tamura (child)
Fuga Shibazaki - Mikio Kato / Mikio Kimura (child)
Yu Sawabe - Shingo Tamura
Mansaku Fuwa - Toshiyuki Kimura
Koji Nakamoto - Yoshio Tanaka
Masaki Kaji - Kiyohiko Mori
Naomasa Musaka - Kenji Izawa
Miku - Kana Komukai
Anna Hoshino
Memeco Sakata - Satoko Mishima (ep.2)
Ryunosuke Azuma - Kano (ep.2)
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa - Nabeshima (ep.4-5)
Akko Tadano - Kimie Mori (ep.6)
Ichiro Mikami - Fujiwara (ep.6)
Naoki Yukawa - police officer (ep.9)
Kazutoyo Koyabu - Mabuchi (ep.9-10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/19/2020	11.1%
02	01/26/2020	11.2%
03	02/02/2020	11.0%
04	02/09/2020	11.0%
05	02/16/2020	11.8%
06	02/23/2020	13.2%
07	03/01/2020	14.0%
08	03/08/2020	15.3%
09	03/15/2020	14.9%
10	03/22/2020	19.6%
Average		13.4%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Re Dec 28 2021 11:50 pm Good dorama. I like the plot in each episode, it bring me to more curious about who the culprit and unknowingly finished several episodes.

But I don't like the MC. I mean... hey, you can't catch the culprit with just a lot of talk and reckless capital. He never used her brain, and when it didn't go as expected, he would shriek in tears. Several times he made careless decisions that made it even more difficult to find the culprit. And it makes me angry everytime I watch him.

Re Dec 28 2021 11:47 pm Good dorama. I like the plot in each episode, it makes me more curious about who the culprit and unknowingly finished several episodes.

But I don't like the MC. I mean... hey, you can't catch the culprit with just a lot of talk and reckless capital. He never used her brain, and when it didn't go as expected, he would shriek in tears. Several times he made careless decisions that made it even more difficult to find the culprit. And it makes me angry everytime I watch him.

roy Dec 10 2021 6:17 pm the plot is so good since it's based on manga series, always develop and branch into unexpected stories. but the acting directions could be more refine (especially the main actor he cries all time); as this is a drama from the same director of Byakuyako (2016) and Shinzanmono (2010) which i think are exceptional. Maybe it's TBS network direction to make it more mellow but idk. for me any good mystery genre dramas still comes from WOWOW network.

Melody Oct 02 2021 3:09 am The first 4 episodes were good then terrible after that. I almost couldn't bear the main actor Ryoma Takeuchi. He kept making that crying face and squinting his eyes. So annoying. 5/10 for me.

JNJ Oct 04 2020 1:24 pm The suspense in this drama is really good. The accomplice was not revealed till the last episode. But the motive behind the accomplices were too weak to have such elaborate crimes. Too many loopholes in the story, so dont expect to get answers for everything.

Ryoma Takeuchi's acting is really good, but looks forced in some scenes. Drama theme is dark, so it wont be enough to do justice to his character. Though the screen time was limited for Juri Ueno, her impact in this drama is seen in both the timelines. Third timeline was just rushed to finish the drama. Nana Eikura's role made this drama a family themed despite drama being suspense and thriller type. Her scenes slows down the story for the better. I haven't seen Ryohei Suzuki movies before, but his role (in the 1989 year timeslip) caught my curiosity. Going to watch more of his movies.

Final timeline could have been extended including that of Juri Ueno's screen time.

Mystery 9/10 (Multiple Timeslip) Story 8/10 (Weak motive) Romance/ Relationship 7/10 (Too many heartbreaks)

Overall, its 8/10. So watching all 10 episodes, you wont regret it.

Dekaha May 05 2020 12:26 am The family theme was good and warm but it left a lot of details and deep story from the manga. A lot of holes in the drama's plot. Too much flashback. Instead of flashback, i prefer they added the detail and riched the story from the original source. Don't expect it too much as mistery or detective drama because the main focus was the family building relationship. The twisted from one of the culprit was surprising but unfortunately, it dropped with such a weak motive. Suzuki ryohei acting was amazing, especially the older sano bungo. Ryoma's acting was okay but somehow it looked like he forced it. Btw, the acting of the child actors/esses were all good. Overall, it was enjoyable. For those who read the manga first and love it, prepare your heart for the changes in the drama....

Farah Apr 15 2020 2:52 am The series plot was underrated, the characters were ok, the actors were amazing. Overall it is a 8/10 to me. Kudos to Ryoma Takeuchi for getting the lead role, he deserved it. The theme song slaps.

AsianDramaReviewer Apr 07 2020 1:03 pm Ueno Juri is there to just promote the drama, but appears for 7min screen time total. The plot is silly, the music theme repetitive, acting is the 10 on a scale that starts with 'terrible', and the twists and cliffhangers are taken from a story written for 7 years old audience. The lead character needs to change the job as he has a serious constipation problem that shows anytime he needs to 'act'. This is an insult to the genre and a shame that Ueno Yuri was pulled into this.

is Mar 27 2020 7:37 pm Some of the names are wrong tbh. Like it's Sano SUZU not Sano Rin. And the mom's name was Kazuko not Masako.

wanda Mar 16 2020 9:56 pm the main actor Ryoma Takeuchi ruined the drama. he is not very good.

Chan Mar 08 2020 7:24 am Intriguing & unpredicted story, good casts. Recommended.

jlfsjlk Mar 03 2020 11:15 am Great acting. Nice plot so far (ep1-ep6). Recommend.

afith Feb 27 2020 12:31 am this series is so great, I love how the story told and how BGM complement it.

dani Nov 07 2019 3:56 am Ueno Juri, Eikura Nana, Suzuki Ryohei joined the cast. Now I'm excited.

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