Devil (TV series)

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Devil
	Maō (魔王)
Genre	Drama; Suspense
Created by	Park Chan Hong; Kim Ji Woo; Lee Duk Kwun
Written by	Yōichi Maekawa; Masafumi Nishida
Directed by	Arata Katō; Toshio Tsuboi; Tsuyoshi Katayama
Starring	Satoshi Ohno; Toma Ikuta; Ryoko Kobayashi
Theme music composer	Hydrant
Opening theme	truth by Arashi
Composer	Hiroyuki Sawano
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Masanao Takahashi; Ryōsuke Watanabe
Running time	approx. 49 minutes
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	July 4 –; September 12, 2008
Related
	Ryūsei no Kizuna; Lucifer;

Devil (Japanese: Maō, Hepburn: 魔王, lit. The Devil, or Demon King), officially stylized as dEVIL, is a Japanese remake of the Korean suspense drama series titled The Devil (Korean: 마왕; RR: Mawang) which aired on KBS 2TV in 2007. The drama stars Satoshi Ohno of Arashi and Toma Ikuta, both under the talent agency Johnny & Associates.

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Ryo Naruse (Satoshi Ohno) is a two-faced lawyer: on the surface, he is a kind-hearted soul, representing the poor and earning the nickname "The Angel Lawyer" from the press; but unbeknownst to anyone else, he is also a "devil," meticulously plotting the perfect revenge against those responsible for his younger brother's death. Naoto Serizawa (Toma Ikuta) is a gung-ho detective whose overzealous methods mask a dark past which he is trying to overcome. When a family acquaintance of Serizawa's is murdered, Serizawa is thrust in the middle of a multiple-homicide case which stirs up memories of a dark event from his past.

The theme song for this series is "Truth" by Arashi, a popular Japanese boy band which Satoshi Ohno is the leader of. In a preview of "Truth" promotional video on TBS morning entertainment news program 2jichaō, Ohno explains that the meaning of the song is very close to the content and feel of the whole drama. Arashi displayed their dancing in the promotional video of "Truth" with Ohno as the lead. It was revealed in Maō's official blog (written by the staffs / producers and posted at their official site) Ohno diligently practiced the intricate dance move in between takes because of his busy schedule.

Primary cast

Satoshi Ohno as Ryo Naruse
Toma Ikuta as Naoto Serizawa
Ryoko Kobayashi as Shiori Sakita
Kei Tanaka as Hitoshi Kasai
Shugo Oshinari as Mitsuru Souda
Tomohiro Waki as Yosuke Ishimoto
Misa Uehara as Kaoru Takatsuka
Mai Shinohara as Eri Nishina
Yutaka Shimizu as Keita Yamano
Kisuke Iida as Kanrikan Ishihara
Toshihide Tonesaku as Takashi Kurata
Michiko Kichise as Mari Serizawa
Hitori Gekidan as Noriyoshi Serizawa
Yuji Miyake as Hiromichi Nakanishi
Koji Ishizaka as Eisaku Serizawa

Secondary cast

Hiroki Kouno as young Toomo Manaka
Toshi Takeuchi as Hideo Manaka
Haruki Kimura as young Naoto Serizawa
Kayano Masuyama as young Shiori Sakita
Yuto Uemura as young Hitoshi Kasai
Haruo Honma as young Mitsuru Souda
Ryunoshin Nakamura as young Yosuke Ishimoto

Guest appearances

Kazunari Ninomiya as Masayoshi Kumada (episode 1)
Mayumi Asaka as Yoshimi Manaka (episodes 1, 2, 4)
Tetsuo Morishita as Takahiro Kumada (episodes 1, 2)
Kitaro as Kunio Hayashi (episodes 1, 2)
Kaoru Okunuki as Tae Shintani (episodes 2–4)
Momoka Oono as Sora Shintani (episodes 2–5, 7)
Naomasa Musaka as Takahiro Ikehata (episodes 4–7)
Yūka as Makiko Naruse (episodes 4–7)
Outa Tanino as the real Ryo Naruse (episode 5)
Kyusaku Shimada as Oosumi Kazuma (episodes 5–7, 9)

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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Ratings^[1]
1	"The vengeful demon who threw away love – the grieving devil"	Arata Katō	Yōichi Maekawa	July 4, 2008 (2008-07-04)	14.0%
2	"A treacherous snare... Parent and child torn apart"	Arata Katō	Yōichi Maekawa	July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)	12.6%
3	"One's true face is exposed, revenge for the sake of love"	Toshio Tsuboi	Yōichi Maekawa	July 18, 2008 (2008-07-18)	9.2%
4	"Targeted devil, the gates of hell have opened"	Toshio Tsuboi	Masafumi Nishida	July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25)	10.1%
5	"An advance murder notice...!? Receiving a red envelope from the devil"	Tsuyoshi Katayama	Masafumi Nishida	August 1, 2008 (2008-08-01)	10.9%
6	"Tell me... who the real perpetrator is!!"	Arata Katō	Masafumi Nishida	August 8, 2008 (2008-08-08)	7.6%
7	"The false siblings... A kind lie that invites death"	Toshio Tsuboi	Masafumi Nishida	August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15)	12.1%
8	"The end to an impermissible love... For revenge, once more"	Tsuyoshi Katayama	Masafumi Nishida	August 22, 2008 (2008-08-22)	11.5%
9	"I am the real perpetrator. The tragedy of a man who knew too much."	Arata Katō	Masafumi Nishida	August 29, 2008 (2008-08-29)	11.5%
10	"The crumbling of a household... The last card is death!!"	Toshio Tsuboi	Masafumi Nishida	September 5, 2008 (2008-09-05)	12.3%
11	"The final showdown. A bond severed by death!!"	Arata Katō	Masafumi Nishida	September 12, 2008 (2008-09-12)	14.1%

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