Signal: Special (2021 Japanese TV Movie)

Signal: Special (Japanese: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班 スペシャル) is a Japanese television movie that premiered on March 30, 2021. The production was broadcast on the Fuji TV and KTV networks. It is part of the Signal franchise, which originated from the 2016 South Korean television series of the same name.

Production

The film was directed by Kosuke Suzuki, with the screenplay written by Kosuke Nishi. It serves as a bridge between the 2018 Japanese television series Signal and the 2021 theatrical release, Signal The Movie.

Cast

The cast features several actors reprising their roles from the 2018 series:

• Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa
• Kazuki Kitamura as Takeshi Ooyama
• Michiko Kichise as Misaki Sakurai
• Yuichi Kimura as Tsutomu Yamada
• Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Shinya Kojima
• Kaede Aono as Rika Anzai
• Munetaka Aoki as Takumi Ishikawa
• Yuki Sakurai as Kurumi Uesugi
• Yuki Furukawa as Hisashi Takeda
• Yukiko Shinohara as Anju Uesugi
• Taro Suruga as Toba
• Masahiro Toda as Kamata
• Masanobu Sakata as Akutsu
• Tetta Sugimoto as Munehisa Mitani
• Tetsushi Tanaka as Satoshi Yamasaki