Sunday, September 21, 2008

Mouryou no Hako 魍魎の匣 (The spirit in the box) - Autumn 08

Title: Mouryou no Hako
O.A. 7 October 2008
Showing on: NTV
Timeslot: Tuesdays, 1.29am
OP: Lost in Blue by Nightmare
ED: NAKED LOVE by Nightmare
Official website: here





The novel, Mouryou no Hako by Kyougoku Natsuhiko is the 2nd instalment under the Byakkiyakou series and won the 49th Japan Suspense Writers Association Award.

There is a real-life adaptation movie shown in Dec 2007 starring many famous actors including Tsutsumi Shinichi, Abe Hiroshi, Shiina Kippei. More information to be found here.

Mouryou is a collective word to describe spirits which reside in mountains, rivers, trees, stones and tombs.

Cast:

Kyogokudou (Chuuzenji Akihiko) - Hirata Hiroaki
Enokitsu Reijiro - Morikawa Tomoyuki
Sekiguchi Tatsumi - Kiuchi Hidenobu
Kiba Shuutarou - Seki Takaaki
Toriguchi Morihiko - Namikawa Daisuke
Aoki Fumizo - Suwabe Junichi
Kusumoto Yoriko - Takahashi Mikako
Kusumoto Kimie - Tsuda Shouko
Yuzuki Kanako - Tomatsu Haruka
Yuzuki Youko - Hisakawa Aya
Chuuzenji Atsuko - Kuwajima Noriko
Sekiguchi Yukie - Honda Takako
Mimasaka Koushirou - Tanaka Masahiko
Amamiya Noritada - Hiyama Noriyuki
Masuoka Noriyuki - Miki Shinichiro
Fukumoto - Ueda Yuji
Sasakawa - Koyama Rikiya
Ishii - Ugaki Hidenari

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