Signal (Japanese Drama)

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Drama: Signal
Romaji: Shigunaru: Choki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sosahan
Japanese: シグナル長期未解決事件捜査班
Director: Akira Uchikata, Kosuke Suzuki
Writer: Masaya Ozaki
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: April 10 - June 12, 2018
Runtime: Tuesday 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 7.7%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.

Notes

"Signal" takes over Fuji TV's Tuesday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "Final Cut" and followed by "Caseworker's Diary" on July 17, 2018.
Remake of 2016 tvN drama series "Signal."
Related titles (based on the true story "Hwaseong serial murder case"):
1. Memories of Murder | Salinui Chueok (2003)
2. Gabdong: The Serial Killer | Gapdongi (tvN / 2014)
3. Signal (tvN / 2016)
4. Tunnel (OCN / 2017)
5. Signal (Fuji TV / 2018)
Related titles:
1. Signal (tvN / 2016)
2. Signal (Fuji TV / 2018)
3. Signal SP (Fuji TV-KTV / 2021)
4. Signal The Movie | Gekijoban Signal: Choki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sosahan (2021)

Cast



Kentaro Sakaguchi	Kazuki Kitamura	Michiko Kichise	Yuichi Kimura	Tetsuhiro Ikeda
Kento Saegusa	Takeshi Ooyama	Misaki Sakurai	Tsutomu Yamada	Shinya Kojima



Masahiro Komoto	Kaede Aono	Fuju Kamio	Atsuro Watabe
Kazuo Iwata	Rika Anzai	Ryota Kato	Shinnosuke Nakamoto

Additional Cast Members:

Riku Ohnishi - Kento Saegusa (elementary school student)
Kaede Aono - Rika Anzai
Fuju Kamio - Ryota Kato
Shiho Takano - Miki Kato
Tsutomu Takahashi - Norio Okamoto
Tateto Serizawa - Maruoka (ep.1)
Aoba Kawai - Honami Maekawa (ep.1)
Rimi Machida - Ayaka Tashiro (ep.1-2)
Toshi Takeuchi - Keisuke Hashimoto (ep.1-2)
Reiko Kataoka - Kyoko Tashiro (ep.1-2)
Kyoko Hasegawa - Keiko Yoshimoto (ep.1-2)
Gakudai - detective (ep.1-2)
Hajime Okayama - Yuji Ito (ep.1-3)
Yui Sakuma - Midori Kitano (ep.2-4)
Toshihiro Yashiba - Jiro Yasuda (ep.2-4)
Hiroyuki Onoue - Hitoshi Tanaka (ep.2-4)
Takeshi Onishi - Nakashima (ep.3)
Ryo Sato - Reiko Nakashima (ep.3)
Morooka Moro - Shuichi Tanaka (ep.3-4)
Juri Manase - Eiko Yashiro (ep.3-4)
Hiroo Otaka - Masaru Kaneda (ep.4)
Toshiyuki Kitami - Yasushi Oyama (ep.5,9-10)
Mitsuru Hirata - Masayuki Kudo (ep.5-7)
Ai Yoshikawa - Kazumi Kudo (ep.5-6)
Moeka Nozaki - Kaori Yabe (ep.5-6)
Yasuto Kosuda - Eisuke Yabe (ep.5-7)
Akiko Aitsuki - Kayo Yabe (ep.5-6)
Shunya Shiraishi - Tomohiro Shiraishi (ep.5-7)
Ayane Kinoshita - Kaori Yabe (high school student - ep.6)
Yutaka Morioka - Miyakashi (ep.6-7)
Tokuma Nishioka - Yoshio Nozawa (ep.7-8,10)
Nobuhiro Nishihara - Moriya (ep.8)
Aina Yamada - Nana Iguchi (ep.8-10)
Toshiki Seto - Yuya Saito (ep.8-10)
Yoshiyuki Morishita - Iguchi (ep.8-9)
Hideyuki Kasahara - Kuraki (ep.8)
Yuki Kubota - Sasaki (ep.8-9)
Yuito Obara - Yoichi Ogawa (ep.8-10)
Mari Hamada - yakitori restaurant owner (ep.9)
Seira Nagashima - Aoi (ep.9)
Emi Kurara - Nana Motomura (ep.9)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	04/10/2018	9.7%
02	04/17/2018	8.4%
03	04/24/2018	8.3%
04	05/01/2018	7.9%
05	05/08/2018	6.7%
06	05/15/2018	5.7%
07	05/22/2018	6.9%
08	05/29/2018	6.9%
09	06/05/2018	7.3%
10	06/12/2018	9.2%
Average		7.7%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Dinesh Jul 13 2021 7:04 pm Could you please tell me when will the season 2 of signal release?

Suzy Jun 20 2021 2:13 am Now look at Kazuki Kitamura himself. He's a good example of Japanese actors of older generation is wayyy attractive than the new ones. Just sayin.

Suzy Jun 20 2021 2:07 am Great drama! But one thing I don't understand about Japanese drama/movie industry is, why the new generation of Japanese actors aren't attractive? They always push someone who looks weak, skinny and not good looking. I still remember watching Jdrama when I was in school day. I was so crazy about Japanese actors like Takenouchi Yutaka, Takuya Kimura, Takeshi Sorimachi, Nagase Tomoya and many more. All of them were so damn attractive!!

Sisiji ?? Jun 03 2021 1:43 pm @sisiji not you judge blue dragon winner is not good at acting lol

Mich Mar 04 2021 9:04 pm Japanese version is far better and superior

Sisiji Jan 16 2021 7:46 am I think the Japanese version is a lot better mainly because I felt like they didn’t drag it for too long (or maybe because I personally prefer shows with fewer episodes). Honestly speaking, I wasn’t fond of Jehoon’s acting, I couldn’t stand it I had to skip some of his parts. Also Jinwoong’s, who I really think is a good actor, acting skills in here disappointed me, I preferred Kazumi’s style. Though I’ll have to say Hyesoo played her role a lot better than Michiko. Overall, there wasn’t much difference between the Korean and the Japanese version in terms of the plot, I hope that the 2nd season will come soon cause the ending left me hanging!

Skd Jun 07 2020 1:07 pm There wasn’t enough reason in many aspects of this series (of course let’s look over the time-channeled walkie talkie). Moreover, character development was really bad. For me, I was not satisfied with this series.

origamiandair May 17 2020 1:19 am Annoying actors just put me off. Korean version is superior.

Khairi May 15 2020 11:13 am I didnt watch korean version...but this version already surprisingly addicted for me to go through every episodes

sgt_doom Dec 04 2019 12:49 pm Although I thought the Korean version was superior, this Japanese version was still quite good, with Kazuki (Sgt. Oyama) and the gritty female copper, Michiko, giving outstanding performances.

Manuel Sep 09 2019 12:01 pm Let's be honest, it's a copy of the korean original... I saw the beginning, and the japanese copied pretty much everything of the first story.

Now the problem is - the korean one was perfect and had several episodes (that are each longer than the japanese ones) more than the japanese version. I can't imagine how cutting down episodes could possibly make it better or even keep the standard of the original.

The answer is simple: It can't. The korean one is better.

Sakura Jun 08 2019 1:55 am So glad it's Kentaro Sakaguchi

I am going to watch this happily with no reservations.

I always wanted to watch the Korean version first but I could not get past Lee JeHoon's hair style ... Where some actors have sported the style before ... for a main role it's hard to concentrate on anything else.

Renny Mar 05 2019 2:05 am i really love this drama

Jen Feb 01 2019 11:37 am Watching it for Michiko Kichise, but surprised to hear my favorite BTS song! XD love it!

ding dong Jun 09 2018 10:08 am Why did the brother die?? Why do I get the feeling that he will die again?? Can't believe that there's only one more episode to be released. Sakaguchi-san has done an amazing job for his first lead role. Will keep supoorting..

Emmie Jun 04 2018 6:42 am It is a really great drama... every episode is so interesting. I'looking forward what's gonna happen next

baby_hottie May 16 2018 2:37 pm chani from kdrama signal is nice.

miok May 02 2018 11:13 pm even though it's remake from korean drama, i hope this japanese version adopt from real crimes in Japan like korean version.

lily Apr 21 2018 2:58 am didnt know it's a remake of a korean drama. the plot is surprisingly good. i love the pilot episode. sakaken delivers a good acting. the female cop is equally good as well.

as the second episode hasn't been streamed yet, I tried to watch the korean version because I'm so curious as to what will happen next, but I watched it from ep.1 (kor version) just to see if there's any different in the plot. but it is similar. but i'm sorry, i'm just not interested to continue watching the korean version after the first episode.

ハニ Apr 20 2018 3:04 pm I'm really excited to watch it because of Kentaro and also BTS will be singing the OST!!!

Yasushi Apr 19 2018 2:19 pm I'm gonna watch this for Kazuki Kitamura and Michiko Kichise :P

MaoMiao Apr 17 2018 1:13 pm The writer and 2 directors behind this series are all very good and highly respected in the industry. 1 director directed Stone's Cocoon. No wonder why the 1st episode gave me the same vibe as that WOWOW thriller.

Kimchipotato Apr 14 2018 7:47 am Waaah after i'm sorry i love u remake now this. Let's walk on the flower path mamura

notsu Apr 14 2018 2:09 am i’m really looking forward to this! kentaro’s first lead role iirc ;;-;; I wonder how closely it’ll follow the korean version? I hope they don’t mess it up… also I don’t really like the ost that much lol

Jinna Apr 13 2018 9:44 am Finished watching ep 1. So far it is so good. There not many different with the Korean version. The story is good as the Korean version. I can't wait ep 2.

flambergh Apr 13 2018 5:23 am just saw it appears in tv. just the sight of 2 guys holding walkie-talkie reminds me to korean signal. and i cant believe my eyes when they write the title signal with katakana. no waaaaayyy!!! i'm so watching this!

Rosmawaty Apr 05 2018 7:59 am The korean version is one of the best korean drama ever, and one of my favorite as well. Will the japanese version be as good as the korean? I just notice that the woman detective in japanese version is the woman who played in hirugao, am I correct? I understand that we shouldn't compare both version, but I can't help it..

minsuga Apr 03 2018 6:31 pm came here bc of the ost 'don't leave me' but will watch the kdrama first bc I read it's very good

charoice Mar 29 2018 9:40 am SAKAKEEEENNNNNN

idk why am i not interested with the korean version, well ill give it a try for this version

haneul Mar 28 2018 10:50 pm signal is literally my favorite kdrama and got me into unsolved cases and the career of a forensic nurse. I am looking forward to this remake soooo much! I hope season 2 of signal will come out.. at least one episode of closure!

izzy Mar 20 2018 9:06 am It's not a remake of Tunnel, but of Signal (2016)...

Sandy646 Mar 18 2018 9:13 am I’m totally gonna wait and watch this! It’s a remake of Tunnel, which was my favorite drama of 2017, and BTS is singing the OST I’m totally gonna watch it! I can’t wait!!!???

genie Mar 17 2018 8:23 am how did i know michiko would be in this??

phikr1 Mar 17 2018 5:43 am man i wish they would adapt the Tunnel version instead (its the best version from the drama adaption imo) well this one isnt bad either i guess as long as its not the gap dong one. that shit is overly dramatic

ilovemassu Mar 16 2018 6:30 am definitely going to watch. i hope this adaptation live up to it's original.

Jenna Mar 15 2018 6:23 pm I think I will watch this k-drama, especially if it's a remake of Signal '16. The korean version was one of the best dramas I've seen, it might even be my most favorite now! I'm watching it right now and I can't wait for this to come out. And BTS will be singing the ost for this drama so I'm excited to hear it :^)

Suuuu Mar 10 2018 4:01 am The korean version was amazing. The lead actor has one-type face with in korean version :v so maybe the story-line as well :v

Sugarlee Mar 08 2018 4:53 am Glad to hear that BTS will sing the ost for this drama, also i love kentaro sakaguchi. This is one of the best detective drama so far

ntr48 Mar 01 2018 8:29 am yay sakagucci <3 cha soo yun for ayami nakajo please T.T

syfzhrh Feb 15 2018 2:22 am i can't wait for this japanese version, signal is one of the best detective drama i really like. i hope to see this drama as good as the korean version :)

thelittlechoco Feb 13 2018 11:17 pm now there are so many korean drama adapted in japan

Misstumbler Feb 13 2018 7:57 am Signal is one of the best detective drama! I hope they make japanese version as good as korean (or even better). Rooting for you, Kentarou san.

hyeon ju Feb 08 2018 5:09 am kentaro for signal! can't wait

Nelly Feb 06 2018 6:18 am I hope they cast koyuki for kim hye soo’s character:)

Gap Dong Feb 05 2018 7:19 pm too fast, dude !!

Cutiepie Feb 04 2018 9:38 pm OMO!!! HAAHAHAH I really didn't expect this!!! I always said that Kentaro and Lee Je Hoon was look alike everytime I saw both at film/drama but now they have the same role at same drama even this is Japaneese version. But it's okay hahahahaha! Love ya sakaken~~!! Fighting!

Kalpana Feb 04 2018 9:32 am Signal is my most favorite drama n my top2 drama. Fantastic crime thriller drama. Definitely I ll watch???

mai Feb 03 2018 11:03 pm miyazawa rie for kim hye soo's character and tadanobu asano/masanobu ando for joo jin woong's character pleaseeee

syskachan Feb 03 2018 11:31 am i will watch this for sure!! all in for Kentaro Sakaguchi

akii Feb 03 2018 4:04 am Yesssss Kentarooo!! I'm so excited for this!

tsuyoi_hikari Feb 02 2018 11:40 pm I'm more of a Jdrama fan but Signal is one of the best Kdramas in term of writing alongside Secret Forest & Circle. I really hope the Japanese version can match the brilliance of the original.

Taro Hooney Feb 02 2018 7:23 am WOW so kentaro will act as jehoon's character.. Cant wait to see my fave japanese actor playing my korean favorite actor's role in my favorite drama :)

Hmm Feb 02 2018 3:40 am I'm seriously hoping that he can pull this one off. Not just as a fan service, but he is really a good actor. I've watched most of his movies and dramas, and this is definitely and a totally a new genre for him. Ganbatte, Kentaro-kun!

Qwerty25 Feb 02 2018 2:17 am Arghb kentarooooooooooooooo i love yiuuuuu..please more appaer on drama with blonde hair. It suit you so much!!!

nica Feb 02 2018 1:54 am klrfjefknelfksndkjfnsdkjfnsdl omo sakaguchiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

excited Feb 01 2018 5:56 pm Cool! I watched the korean signal and gabdong, i hope it will be able to have a good success. ON another note, I hope Aoi Morikawa can join the cast

BTOB THE BEST Feb 01 2018 9:07 am Yesssssss! Kentaro san... Good job

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