The synopsis for the eighth episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama "Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea" (Sundays at 9pm), starring actor Kamiki Ryunosuke, which will air on December 15th, has been released.
Episode 8 is set in 1964. Four months after the mine was closed due to an explosion that could not be prevented, many of the miners on Hashima have left the island, and those who remain are beginning to lose hope. Even in the Araki family, years of strain have taken their toll, and Ippei (Kunimura Jun) falls ill. Amid a heavy atmosphere that pervades the entire island, Teppei (Kamiki) still works hard to develop a new area with untapped coal layers and somehow revive Hashima.
Meanwhile, Teppei and Asako (Hana Sugisaki) go on a date to Nagasaki for the first time in a long time, though they are afraid of being seen by others. The two of them build a good relationship, but there are also rumors about Teppei that are not good.
Meanwhile, in a modern-day hospital, Izumi (Miyamoto Nobuko) is taking a dementia test at Kazuma's (Omi Toshinori) suggestion. Izumi's secretary, Sawada (Sakamichi Kaoru), keeps a close eye on Kazuma, suspecting that he is up to something shady. Meanwhile, Reo (Kamiki, playing a dual role) is searching through Hashima's archives and documents at an auction in an attempt to trace Teppei's whereabouts, when a host from the host club where Teppei used to work shows up... and so the story unfolds.
The drama is a story of love, friendship and family spanning 70 years, set on the island of Hashima (Gunkanjima) in Nagasaki Prefecture, which developed through coal mining from the beginning of the Meiji era to the postwar high economic growth period, and in modern-day Tokyo. It is written by Akiko Nogi, directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, and produced by Junko Arai, the team behind the dramas "Unnatural" and "MIU404" (same series) and the movie "The Last Mile."
