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Signal

A Call from the Past, the Call for the Future

142018•54m•6.8/10
CrimeDramaMystery

Ratings

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6.8/10(10)

Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve a cold case. One detective exists in the present day, and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.

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Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 10, 2018

Last Aired

June 12, 2018

Networks

Fuji TV, Kansai TV

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2018-04-10
Fifteen years after witnessing the kidnapping of a girl at school, Kento hears someone calling his name through a discarded two-way radio.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2018-04-17
Kento determines that the true culprit is a nurse named Keiko Yoshimoto, but she refuses to crack under questioning from Misaki.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2018-04-24
The two-way radio reconnects after the reinvestigation starts. Just as Kento had suspected, Ooyama had been part of the initial investigation in 1997.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2018-05-01
1997. Ooyama learns from Kento that the next victim will be his friend Midori. In 2018, Kento holds his breath for a favorable outcome.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2018-05-08
Kento learns that Ooyama went missing 18 years ago and was later dishonorably discharged. In 1998, Ooyama works on a certain serial larceny case.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2018-05-15
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2018-05-22
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 2018-05-29
E9
Episode 9
Air date: 2018-06-05
E10
Episode 10
Air date: 2018-06-12

Cast

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kentaro Sakaguchi

Kento Saegusa

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Takeshi Ooyama

Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise

Misaki Sakurai

Yuichi Kimura

Yuichi Kimura

Tsutomu Yamada

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Shinya Kojima

Kaede Aono

Kaede Aono

Rika Anzai

Fuju Kamio

Fuju Kamio

Ryota Kato

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

Shinnosuke Nakamoto

Takemi Fujii

Takemi Fujii

Masahiro Komoto

Masahiro Komoto

Kazuo Iwata

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