is a Japanese television drama, broadcast from January 2017 to March 2017 on the TBS television network. It stars

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, and

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Synopsis

Four musicians meet at a karaoke bar in Tokyo and decide to form a

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. They move into a house in

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to rehearse and perform at a local restaurant and music hall.

Cast

as Maki Maki, first violin, whose husband disappeared a year earlier *

as Suzume Sebuki, cellist, with mysterious past *

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as Yutaka Iemori, violist *

as Tsukasa Beppu, second violin, whose grandfather owns the house they are living in. *

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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

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* Japanese romance television series Japanese thriller television series 2017 Japanese television series debuts 2017 Japanese television series endings Works about music and musicians Television shows written by Yûji Sakamoto {{Japan-tv-prog-stub