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Unnatural
Also known as	Unnatural
Genre	Forensic Drama
Written by	Akiko Nogi
Directed by	Ayuko Tsukahara Kentaro Takemura Yoshiaki Murao
Starring	Satomi Ishihara Arata Iura Masataka Kubota Mikako Ichikawa Yutaka Matsushige
Ending theme	Lemon by Kenshi Yonezu
Composer	Masahiro Tokuda
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Junko Arai (Dreamax Television) Hiroki Ueda (TBS)
Running time	54 minutes
Production companies	Dreamax Television TBS Drama Production
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	January 12 (2018-01-12) – March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16)

Unnatural (アンナチュラル, Unnatural) is a 2018 Japanese television drama, starring Satomi Ishihara, Arata Iura, Masataka Kubota, Mikako Ichikawa and Yutaka Matsushige. It aired every Friday at 22:00 (JST) on TBS from January 12, 2018, to March 16, 2018.

It won Excellent Award at the International Drama Festival in Tokyo, as well as several awards including Best Drama and Director Award during the 96th Television Drama Academy Awards.

Plot

Mikoto Misumi is a forensic doctor working at the Unnatural Death Investigation Laboratory (UDI Lab), a fictional facility recently established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Together with her colleagues, she solves cases involving deaths arising from unnatural circumstances.

Characters

• Satomi Ishihara as Mikoto Misumi, a 33-year-old forensic doctor who has accumulated experience of dissecting about 1,500 bodies at the UDI Lab.
• Arata Iura as Kei Nakado, a 41-year-old forensic doctor who has accumulated experience of dissecting about 3,000 bodies at the UDI Lab.
• Masataka Kubota as Rokuro Kube, a 26-year-old recorder on Misumi's team.
• Mikako Ichikawa as Yuko Shoji, a 35-year-old technician on Misumi's team.
• Yutaka Matsushige as Yasuo Kamikura, the 55-year-old director of UDI Lab, and former high ranking official of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Episodes

Accolades

References

1. "石原さとみ、『逃げ恥』脚本家とタッグ! TBS連ドラ初主演で解剖医に". MyNavi (in Japanese). 2017-09-12. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
2. "International Drama Festival in Tokyo".
3. "96th Drama Academy Award Winners: Unnatural, Matsumoto Jun, Ishihara Satomi and more!". 6 May 2018.

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