Akai Nurse Koru
Akai Nurse Koru (Japanese: 赤いナースコール) is a Japanese mystery-thriller television series that aired on TV Tokyo from July 11 to September 26, 2022. The series was broadcast in the network's Monday 23:06 time slot.
Plot
The story follows Shotaro Haruno, played by Shori Sato, and his girlfriend Arisa Mimori. After the couple is involved in a car accident, Haruno awakens in a hospital with injuries to his right foot and left hand. As he recovers, he begins to suspect that the hospital staff and patients are hiding unsettling secrets. Concurrently, a series of mysterious murders occurs outside the hospital, leading Haruno to investigate the potential connection between the facility and the crimes.
Cast
The series features an ensemble cast including:
- Shori Sato as Shotaro Haruno
- Riko Fukumoto as Arisa Mimori
- Takeshi Kaga as Makoto Enokida
- Miyoko Asada as Sayuri Nishigaki
- Itsuji Itao as Yuji Ishihara
- Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Fumiyo Kudo
- Becky as Miku Yamane
- Ryo Kimura as Tokio Matsui
- Hiroshi Yamamoto as Hachiro Tsuda
- Atsushi Hashimoto as Ryoichi Takinaka
- Kanro Morita as Kento Gotoda
- Yosuke Omizu as Hanta Shimotsuka
- Sana Horiguchi as Sakura Kato
Production
The series was directed by Keita Motohashi and Jin Ueda. The original story was conceived by Yasushi Akimoto, with screenwriting contributions from Takeshi Miyamoto, Takashi Hattori, and Riuji Yoshizaki.