Ataru (TV series) explained

Genre:	Comedy, Action Mystery
Creator:	Sakurai Takeharu
Director:	Hisashi Kimura Ken Yoshida Satoshi Kan
Starring:	Masahiro Nakai Kazuki Kitamura Chiaki Kuriyama
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	11
Executive Producer:	Hiroki Ueda,
Producer:	Satoshi Kan
Location:	Japan
Runtime:	Sun. 21:00
Channel:	Tokyo Broadcasting System

Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the title role and has received 19.9% TV viewership ratings.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Masahiro Nakai as Ataru / Chokozai
• Kazuki Kitamura as Shunichi Sawa
• Chiaki Kuriyama as Maiko Ebina
• Yuta Tamamori as Sho Ebina
• Go Riju as Tatsuo Ebina
• Kaoru Okunuki as Mariko Ebina
• Kyusaku Shimada as Youji Nakatsugawa
• Tetsushi Tanaka as Reiji Atsumi
• Seiji Chihara as Hasuo Nozaki
• Yasuhi Nakamura as Koshiro Inukai
• Ken Shounozaki as Kouki Matsushima
• Kaoru Mitsumune as Yui Ishikawa
• Masaya Nakamura as Nagamasa Kuroki
• Hiromichi Miyoshi as Takashi Tamakura
• Masachika Ichimura as Chokozai’s father
• Hiroaki Murakami as Larry Inoue
• Yuta Hiraoka as Takuro Kimihara

External links

• • ataru-eiga.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 注目ドラマ紹介：「ATARU」 中居正広が難役に挑むミステリードラマ. MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）.
2. Web site: 放送人:ＴＢＳ連続ドラマ「ＡＴＡＲＵ」プロデューサー・植田博樹さん－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞) . 2012-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130630023936/http://mainichi.jp/enta/news/20120416ddm018070054000c.html . 2013-06-30 .
3. Web site: 中居正広主演「ＡＴＡＲＵ」 ８年ぶりのＴＢＳで初回は１９・９％. 株式会社スポーツニッポン新聞社マルチメディア事業本部. sponichi.co.jp.
4. Web site: 中居正広がサヴァン症候群の難役に挑戦！『ATARU』が今夜スタート！. Mynavi Corporation. マイナビニュース.