Slow Train:New Year's special drama broadcast today: Takako Matsu, Mikako Tabe, and Tori Matsuzaka play three siblings in a new era family drama directed by Akiko Nogi

The New Year's special drama "Slow Train," starring actress Takako Matsu, will be broadcast on TBS from 9:00 pm to 11:15 pm on January 2nd.

The story is set in Kamakura, Tokyo, and Busan, and features three siblings: Shibuya Yoko, a freelance editor played by Matsu; her younger sister Miyako, played by Tabe Mikako, who is still drifting around even after turning 30 and suddenly says she wants to go to Korea; and her younger brother Ushio, played by Tori Matsuzaka , who works as a track maintenance worker at the Enoshima Electric Railway. The family drama is set in Kamakura, Tokyo, and Busan, and features the people around them. Popular writer Momeki Ken, who plays a major role in the lives of the three siblings, is played by Hoshino Gen, and Joo Jeong-hyuk, who is making his first appearance in a Japanese drama, also stars in the series. Filming took place from January to March 2024, with some filming taking place in Busan, Korea.

The series will be directed by Doi Yudai, who has worked on the network's drama "Quartet" (2017) and the film "We Made a Love Like a Bouquet" (2021), and the script will be written by Akiko Nogi , known for the dramas "Unnatural" (2018), "MIU404" (2020), and " Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea " (2024).

The story begins with three siblings, Yoko (Matsu), Miyako (Tabe), and Ushio (Matsuzaka), who live in Kamakura. They lose both their parents and their grandmother in a traffic accident. On the way home from the 23rd anniversary memorial service, the second sibling, Miyako, suddenly tells Yoko and Ushio, "I'm going to Korea!"

This confession brings the three siblings to a crossroads in their journeys through life. Yun-su (Joo Jeong-hyuk), a young man who is involved with Miyako, and Doumeki (Hoshino), Yoko's writer, also get involved, and the story moves from Kamakura to Busan. The three siblings go on an unforgettable one-day journey. This is a story about a new-age family that remains universal in this ever-changing era.