Date: From 9.00 p.m., 1 August 2014
Cast: Ito Ran, Nakamura Masatoshi, Ukaji Takashi, Nomura Hironobu, Kochi Machiko
Original Work: Ryuhyou no Yakai by Morimura Seiichi
Synopsis: Jinbo Tomomi (Ito Ran) is the owner of JK Enterprise, a distributor of imported Italian foodstuffs. She has steadily expanded the business with her husband Koji (Nakamura Masatoshi), due to his business sense cultivated during his days at the trading company and her quick wits. One night, a party is held at Ristorante Hanawa to celebrate the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. Asked about their secret for a happy marriage, Koji replies “Trust” while Tomomi says “We have no secrets”. Hanawa Akiko (Kochi Machiko), the owner of Ristorante Hanawa which is a customer of JK Enterprise, presents the couple with a bottle of vintage wine. One day, a weird mail addressed to JK Enterprise is delivered to the company. There is no sender’s name. The envelope contains an aerial photograph taken of some mountainous area. Tomomi finds it strange, and seems to feel something about the company seen in the photo, but dismisses it as just a nasty prank. Several days later, Goto Kento (Sakakibara Toshihiko), a man who looks like a gangster, visits JK Enterprise. He says he would like a word in private and talks at length with Koji in a private room. After that, Goto descends on JK Enterprise’s customers and starts to harass them by forcibly taking a margin. Koji quietly accepts it. Even when Tomomi discusses this with him, he evasively responds, “Because we’re old acquaintances … …” Another brown envelope is delivered to the couple. There is an aerial photograph inside the envelope and when the photographs are joined together, the scene of a mountain pass emerges. On the night the fourth and final envelope is delivered, Koji disappears. Tomomi desperately looks for him, but does not hear from him. Searching for the clue of the mountain pass that appears in the photographs, she visits Iwata Ryo (Ukaji Takashi), a junior who does editing for a travel company. Although he is able to identify the location, the mystery of the photographs remain unsolved. Several days go by. Then one day, Tomomi happens to see a similar example of the photographs on the street. The name Shiraki Takashi (Nomura Hironobu) is beneath this photograph. Tomomi goes to meet Shiraki with Iwata. She also starts to investigate the mountain pass. She learns about a murder that took place at this mountain pass by sheer accident. Goto was the one murdered. Tomomi wavers between the doubts that have grown for the husband she has loved and been married to for years, and anxiety for his safety … …
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