Quartet (Japanese TV series)

Quartet
カルテット
Written by	Yuji Sakamoto
Directed by	Nobuhiro Doi Fuminori Kaneko Toshio Tsuboi
Starring	Takako Matsu Hikari Mitsushima Issey Takahashi Ryuhei Matsuda
Theme music composer	Ringo Sheena
Ending theme	《おとなの掟》- Doughnuts Hole
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Nobuhiro Doi Ayumi Sano
Running time	54 min (including ads)
Original release
Network	Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
Release	January 17 (2017-01-17) – March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)

Quartet (カルテット, Karutetto) is a Japanese television drama, broadcast from January 2017 to March 2017 on the TBS television network. It stars Takako Matsu, Hikari Mitsushima, Issei Takahashi, and Ryuhei Matsuda.

Synopsis

Four musicians meet at a karaoke bar in Tokyo and decide to form a quartet. They move into a house in Karuizawa to rehearse and perform at a local restaurant and music hall.

Cast

• Takako Matsu as Maki Maki, first violin, whose husband disappeared a year earlier
• Hikari Mitsushima as Suzume Sebuki, cellist, with mysterious past
• Issey Takahashi as Yutaka Iemori, violist
• Ryuhei Matsuda as Tsukasa Beppu, second violin, whose grandfather owns the house they are living in.
• Riho Yoshioka as Alice Kisugi, a waitress at Nocturne Restaurant and Music Hall
• Takeshi Tomizawa as Daijiro Tanimura, chef at Nocturne restaurant and music hall
• Akiko Yagi as Takami Tanimura, manager of Nocturne Restaurant & Music Hall
• Mummy-D as Atsushi Handa
• Masako Motai as Kyoko Maki, Maki Maki's mother-in-law who thinks Maki killed her son and hires Suzume to spy on her

Awards

Ceremony	Category	Nominees	Result
10th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Drama Series	Quartet	Nominated

External links

• Quartet at IMDb