The synopsis of the fifth episode of the drama series "Monster" (Kantele/Fuji TV, Mondays at 10pm), starring actor Shuri, which will air on November 11th, has been released.
In the fifth episode, Sato Ema (Akimoto Sayaka), the daughter of a famous American wealthy man, comes to Japan, relying on Ryoko (Shuri) to sue a Japanese hospital. Emma's late father Masaru (Ishibashi Ryo) suffered from cancer in the US and received chemotherapy there, but in between treatments he participated in a medical tour created by a Japanese clinic for wealthy people overseas. However, the expensive treatment was ineffective, and on the contrary, Masaru was so desperate after returning home that he refused all treatment and passed away suddenly. Emma asks Ryoko to prove that the clinic's fraudulent treatment led to her father's death.
According to Ryoko's investigation, Okamoto Premier Clinic where Masaru received treatment was originally a general hospital rooted in the local community, but due to financial difficulties, the former director's son, Okamoto Hisatsugu (Anan Kenji), remodeled it into a hospital for the wealthy. It has turned out to be a huge success. However, it is hard to imagine that Hisatsugu, a specialist in gastroenterology, has the managerial skills to do that, and as Ryoko stands in front of the clinic, trying to find out the truth, suddenly Sugiura (SixTONES' Jesse) complains of extreme stomach pain, and the two of them unexpectedly succeed in infiltrating the enemy camp.
After gathering enough evidence to decide to file a lawsuit, Ryoko, with Emma present, confronts the clinic's legal counsel. Although she is in the upper hand throughout the negotiations, Ryoko feels something is off about the opposing lawyer's attitude. A few days later, the lawyer who replaced the opposing party who came to the office was... Ryoko's father, Haruaki Tsubukurai (Arata Furuta), who has been missing for 12 years... and so the story unfolds.
Akimoto, who gave birth to her first child last year, makes a guest appearance in the fifth episode. There are scenes in the play where she speaks English, and she commented, "I did it with the support of my English teacher and friends." She reflected on the changes in her acting since giving birth, saying, "There were parts where my senses had changed, and at times it was interesting because I felt like I wasn't myself." When asked about the most memorable scenes, she said, "I think the court scene was quite heated," and while she often had lively conversations with Shuri on set, she commented that co-starring with Ishibashi, who plays her father, "was convincing enough to make me think that I'm already the daughter of a wealthy man! I hope you'll look forward to the father-daughter scenes."
"Monster" is a unique legal entertainment story in which Shuri, in her first lead role in a primetime drama series, plays the mysterious monster lawyer Kannami Ryoko, who is not bound by "common sense" and faces her opponents by "eliminating emotions", facing various problems unique to the Reiwa era where the law sometimes does not keep up, and facing court battles as if it were a game. The script is written by Hashibe Atsuko, who wrote the "Boku Series trilogy" including "Boku no Ikiru Michi" (Kantele/Fuji TV).
