- Drama: Angel Heart
- Romaji: Enjeru Hato
- Japanese: エンジェル・ハート
- Director: Shunsuke Kariyama, Yuma Suzuki, Mitsuru Kubota
- Writer: Tsukasa Hojo (manga), Yuya Takahashi
- Network: NTV
- Episodes: 9
- Release Date: October 11 – December 6, 2015
- Runtime: Sundays 22:30-23:25
- TV Ratings: 9.3% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Ryo Saeba (Takaya Kamikawa) is a private detective and a sweeper who rids society of evil. He is also known as City Hunter. He works with partner Kaori Makimura. An accident leads to Kaori Makimura’s death and her heart is transplanted to Xiang-Ying. Xiang-Ying then appears in front of Ryo Saeba.
Notes
- Based on the manga series “Angel Heart” by Tsukasa Hojo (published May, 2001 to 2010 in Weekly Comic Bunch).
- Manga “Angel Heart” features the same characters as Tsukasa Hojo’s earlier manga series “City Hunter,” but set in an parallel universe.
- Related titles:
- City Hunter (SBS / 2011)
Cast
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Takaya Kamikawa | Ayaka Miyoshi | Saki Aibu | Shohei Miura | Brother Tom |
Ryo Saeba | Xiang-Ying | Kaori Makimura | Liu Xin-Hong | Falcon |
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Reiko Takashima | Mickey Curtis | Soji Izumi | Raita Ryu |
Saeko Nogami | Doku | Karito | Li Jian-Qiang |
Additional Cast Members:
- Koichi Yamadera – Hori
- Gori – Mocchi
- Junki Tozuka – Rokko
- Konomi Watanabe – Miki
- Tsutomu Takahashi – Shinobu Komiyama
- Megumi Saito – Tomo
- Maju Ozawa – Reiko Kawamoto (ep.1)
- Toru Nomaguchi – Kengo Suzuki (ep.1)
- Shingo Katsurayama – Hideyuki Makimura (ep.2-6)
- Takeo Gozu – (ep.3)
- Kinuwo Yamada – Sato-chan (ep.3)
- Yukijiro Hotaru – Tome (ep.3)
- Jun Toba – Minoru Takahata (ep.4)
- Riho Takada – Ayana Kuramoto (ep.4)
- Mao Nakagawa – Saori Kuramoto (ep.4)
- Mayumi Asaka – Soji Kuramoto (ep.4)
- Aki Maeda – Pairan (ep.5)
- Koichi Iwaki – Shunsuke Hayakawa (ep.5)
- Kento Shibuya – Kazuma Tooyama (ep.6)
- Tatsuki Shibuya – Kazuma Tooyama (ep.6 – young)
- Momoka Ishii – Yume Kayano (ep.7)
- Wakana Matsumoto – Haruka Takanami (ep.7)
- Kenji Mizuhashi – Eisuke Kayano (ep.7)
- Toranosuke Kato – Masaomi Kazama (ep.7)
- Eiki Narita – (ep.9)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
---|---|---|
01 | 10/11/2015 | 12.5% |
02 | 10/18/2015 | 10.0% |
03 | 10/25/2015 | 8.1% |
04 | 11/01/2015 | 10.3% |
05 | 11/08/2015 | 8.6% |
06 | 11/15/2015 | 7.1% |
07 | 11/22/2015 | 9.0% |
08 | 11/29/2015 | 8.5% |
09 | 12/06/2015 | 7.8% |
Average | 9.3% |