Cain and Abel (Japanese TV series) explained

Genre:	Romance
Director:	Takeuchi Hideki Hayama Hiroki Tanimura Masaki
Starring:	Ryosuke Yamada Kiritani Kenta Kurashina Kana Takashima Masanobu
Endtheme:	"Give Me Love" by Hey! Say! JUMP
Composer:	Yugo Kanno
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	10
Producer:	Hatori Kenichi Ikeda Takuya Nishisaka Mizuki
Runtime:	45 minutes Mondays at 21:00 (JST)
Company:	Fuji Television

(Cain and Abel) is a 2016 Japanese television drama, starring Ryosuke Yamada, Kiritani Kenta, Kurashina Kana and Takashima Masanobu. It airs on every Mondays at 21:00 (JST) on Fuji Television beginning October 17, 2016. This is also Ryosuke Yamada's first lead role in the Fuji TV 21:00 drama time slot.^[1]

Cast

• Ryosuke Yamada as Takada Yu
• Kiritani Kenta as Takada Ryuichi
• Kurashina Kana as Yahagi Azusa
• Takashima Masanobu as Takada Takayuki
• Takenaka Naoto as Kurosawa Kosuke
• Otsuka Nene as Hirose Saki
• Minami Kaho as Takada Momoko
• Hira Mikijiro -> Terao Akira as Takada Soichiro
• Kinoshita Houka as Dan Mamoru
• Hino Yojin as Sasaki Hajime
• Yamazaki Hirona as Shibata Hikari
• Nishimura Motoki as Ando Mitsuru
• Tozuka Junki as Mizawa Yota

Episodes

Episode	Original air date	Episode title	Romanized title	English title	Director	Ratings (%)	Notes
1	October 17, 2016	僕とアニキの2つの三角関係	Boku to Aniki no Futatsu no Sankaku Kankei	The 2 love triangles between my brother and I	Takeuchi Hideki	8.8%^[2]	15 minutes additional broadcast time
2	October 24, 2016	ハートを掴め！！恋も仕事も驚きの大逆転	Haato wo Tsukame!	Koi mo Shigoto mo Odoroki no Daigyakuten	Grasp the heart!	A shocking reversal in love and work	Hayama Hiroki	8.6%^[3]
3	October 31, 2016	超緊急事態！最大のピンチを乗り越えろ	Chou Kinkyuu Jitai! Saidai no Pinchi wo Norikoero	Emergency situation! Overcoming the biggest crisis	Tanimura Masaki	6.9%^[4]
4	November 7, 2016	奇跡の大逆転！運命を変えたひらめき！	Kiseki no Daigyakuten! Unmei wo Kaeta Hirameki	Miraculous turn-around! Insight that changed the fate		Takeuchi Hideki	7.0%^[5]
5	November 14, 2016	裏切り？策略？愛？引き裂かれる2人!		Uragiri? Sakuryaku? Ai? Hikisakareru Futari!		Betrayal? Tactics? Love? 2 people who are being torn apart!		Hira Kouji	7.6%^[6]
6	November 21, 2016	嫉妬？欲望？転落？動き出す禁断の恋!		Shitto? Yokubou? Tenraku? Udokidasu Kindan no Koi!		Jealousy? Desire? Comedown? Forbidden love starts!		Hayama Hiroki	9.0%^[7]
7	November 28, 2016	秘密！？激情！？策略！？迫り来る非常な運命	Himitsu!? Gekijou	? Sakuryaku!? Semarikuru Hijouna Unmei	Secret!? Violent Emotions	? Tactics!? Extraordinary fate approaching	Tanimura Masaki	8.8%^[8]
8	December 5, 2016	忍びよる悪魔の誘い 一瞬で奪われる幸せ	Shinobiyoru Akuma no Sasoi Isshun de Ubawareru Shiawase	Devil's temptation creeping up Happiness snatched in a moment	Takeuchi Hideki	8.4%^[9]
9	December 12, 2016	衝撃！！裏切りの瞬間 追い詰められる家族	Shougeki!	Uragiri no Shunkan Oitsumerareru Kazoku	Shock!	The moment of betrayal Family that is being driven to a corner	Hora Kouji	7.9%^[10]
10	December 19, 2016	恋に仕事に大波乱！！ 最後に起こる奇跡！！	Koi ni Shigoto ni Daiharan!	Saigo ni Okoru Kiseki		Huge disturbance in love and work!	The miracle happening in the end		Takeuchi Hideki	9.1%^[11]

Remark

• Hira Mikijiro died suddenly on October 22, 2016, and his role as Takada Soichiro was taken over by Terao Akira from Episode 4.^{[12] [13]}
• The opening theme song was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich - finale from his Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich). However, credits to the composer were not given throughout the drama series.

External links

• • Official twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hey! Say! JUMP 山田涼介、月9初主演「自分のカラーを出したい」. Oricon. 17 January 2017.
2. Web site: 山田涼介主演「カインとアベル」8・8％ 月9初回最低更新. Sponichi Annex. 17 January 2017.
3. Web site: 月9「カインとアベル」第2話8・6％ 急逝の平幹二朗さん最後の出演. Sponichi Annex. 17 January 2017.
4. Web site: 「カインとアベル」第3話の平均視聴率6・9％今年「月9」最低記録「ラヴソング」に0・1ポイント差. Sports Hochi. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101111942/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161101-OHT1T50066.html#. 2016-11-01. dead.
5. Web site: 山田涼介主演「カインとアベル」第4話の視聴率7・0％ 前回から0・1ポイント上昇. Sports Hochi. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161111164920/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161108-OHT1T50048.html#. 2016-11-11. dead.
6. Web site: 山田涼介「カインとアベル」隆一が優殴る7・6％. Nikkan Sports. 17 January 2017.
7. Web site: 山田涼介主演「カインとアベル」第６話目で最高視聴率９・０％ 前回から１・４ポイント急上昇. Sports Hochi. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125093139/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161122-OHT1T50071.html#. 2016-11-25. dead.
8. Web site: 山田涼介「カインとアベル」禁断愛に揺れる８・８％. Nikkan Sports. 17 January 2017.
9. Web site: 山田涼介「カインとアベル」梓は兄選ぶ８・４％. Nikkan Sports. 17 January 2017.
10. Web site: 山田涼介主演「カインとアベル」第９話７・９％ 前回から０・５ポイント下降で１９日最終回へ. Sports Hochi. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151558/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161213-OHT1T50057.html#. 2016-12-20. dead.
11. Web site: カインとアベル：山田涼介主演"月9"最終回視聴率9.1％. Mantan Web. 17 January 2017.
12. Web site: 平幹二朗さん最後の出演シーンで視聴率上昇「カインとアベル」第2話の平均視聴率8・6％. Sports Hochi. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031090630/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20161025-OHT1T50075.html#. 2016-10-31. dead.
13. Web site: 平幹二朗さん代役に寺尾聰！「カインと－」主人公の祖父役で第4話から登場. SANSPO. 17 January 2017. 2016-10-30.