The seventh episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama "Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea" (Sundays at 9pm), starring actor Kamiki Ryunosuke, was broadcast on December 8th.
◇The following contains spoilers
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."
Episode 7 is set in 1964. In the Araki household, Shinpei (Saito Takumi) and Rina (Ikeda Elaiza)'s son turns one year old, and Ippei (Kunimura Jun) and Haru (Nakajima Tomoko) are especially happy. Kensho (Shimizu Hiroya) and Yuriko (Tsuchiya Tao) are also celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Amid a happy mood all around, Teppei (Kamiki) and Asako (Sugisaki Hana) have also begun a secret relationship.
One day, while Ippei was working in the mine, a gas explosion and fire broke out. Shinpei and Teppei also face the biggest crisis on Hashima Island. A day that will shake their fate begins... and so the story unfolds.
The fire in the mine continued for three days, and the company finally gave up on putting out the fire, deciding to submerge the deeper areas. Shinpei, who had been fighting the fire, also retreated. He left his companions in the care of the rescue team, and as he tried to climb out, he saw a vision...
The shocking final scene resulted in a stream of screams on social media, such as, "Ahhh!!! Big bro!!!" and "Oh noooooo, Shinpei-niichan!!"
