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Signal (Japanese TV series)


Signal
Promotional poster
シグナル (Shigunaru)
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Fuji TV
Signalby Kim Eun-hee
Masaya Ozaki
Akira UchikataKosuke Suzuki
Kentaro SakaguchiMichiko KichiseKazuki Kitamura
"Don't Leave Me" by BTS
Yuki HayashiAsami Tachibana
Japan
Japanese
10
Takashi HagiwaraTakahiro KasabeMai Ishida
Single camera
Kansai Telecasting CorporationHoripro
Fuji TV
April 10 (2018-04-10) –June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
Signal the Movie (2021)
Signal (2016)

Signal (Japanese: シグナル, Hepburn: Shigunaru), also known as Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team (Japanese: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班, Hepburn: Shigunaru: Chōki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sōsahan), is a Japanese police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST from April 10 to June 12, 2018, on Fuji TV.

A sequel film, Signal the Movie, was released in theaters in Japan on April 2, 2021.

  • Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa
  • Michiko Kichise as Misaki Sakurai
  • Kazuki Kitamura as Takeshi Ooyama

Boy group BTS from South Korea sang the opening theme song of the series entitled "Don't Leave Me".

TitleYearArtistPeak chart positionsSales
2018BTS9118131JPN: 4,611
US: 9,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Ep.Broadcast dateAverage audience share
April 10, 20189.7%12.9%
April 17, 20188.4%14.3%
April 24, 20188.3%11.9%
May 1, 20187.9%13.0%
May 8, 20186.7%11.6%
May 15, 20185.7%9.7%
May 22, 20186.9%10.1%
May 29, 20186.9%10.3%
June 5, 20187.3%11.4%
June 12, 20189.2%13.5%
CountryNetworkPremiere
Indonesia Mongolia Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan VietnamWakuWaku Japan(with subtitles)April 21, 2018

A sequel film, simply titled Signal the Movie, was released in Japan on April 2, 2021. The film was directed by Hajime Hashimoto, co-written by Kōsuke Nishi and Hiroshi Hayashi, and distributed by Toho, with cast members from the television series reprising their respective roles.

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