The character relationship chart for the drama series "Who saw the peacock dance in the jungle?" (TBS, Friday 10pm), starring Suzu Hirose, which will start on January 24th, 2025, was released on December 27th.
The drama is based on the manga of the same name by Rito Asami. It is a human crime suspense story where the "love and destiny" of a parent and child involved in a false accusation case intertwines. The daughter of a former police officer whose father was murdered on Christmas Eve night seeks out the truth of the case using a letter he left behind as a clue. The story progresses as two cases, the present and the past, are intricately intertwined.
Hirose will play the main character, Yamashita Komugi, and the cast will include Matsuyama Kenichi as lawyer Matsukaze Yoshiteru, Lily Franky as Yamashita Haruo, Komugi's father and murdered former police officer, and Isomura Hayato as Kamii Takashi, a reporter for the weekly magazine Shukan Jidai.
In the released character relationship chart, the cast of Endo Tomoya, the only son of Endo Rikiro (Sakamoto Yoshi), who is currently serving time on death row for the Togayama incident 22 years ago, and who is arrested shortly after the incident for setting fire to the Yamashita house and killing Haruo on Christmas Eve, has been kept secret.
Along with the phrase "What is the Togayama Incident?", Haruo, Rikiro, and Akazawa Tadashi (Fujimoto Takahiro), Haruo's subordinate from his time at the First Investigative Division, are linked to the incident.
◇ Synopsis of Episode 1
On Christmas Eve, couples and families come and go, and the town is filled with excitement. University student Yamashita Kokoro is eating ramen with his father, Haruo, who is the only family member of the two of them, at a familiar ramen stand. "Thank you for joining us even though it's Christmas," says Haruo with a happy look on his face, and Kokoro feels a little embarrassed, but also savors his modest happiness.
However, that night, after parting ways with Haruo and returning home from a club drinking party, what awaited Kokoromugi was his house burning and the news of Haruo's death.
Kokoro Mugi is devastated by the loss of his beloved father, but Haruo's murderer is quickly arrested. The murderer turns out to be the son of Endo Rikiro, the perpetrator of the brutal murder of a wealthy family whom Haruo had arrested 22 years ago.
Kokoro Mugi, who learned for the first time that Haruo was in charge of such a case, visits his usual ramen shop, unable to comprehend the sudden turn of events, and receives a letter left by Haruo from the shop owner, Someda (Sakai Toshiya). Written in the letter are the names of several people, including Rikiro's son, and a statement that if any of them are suspected, it will be a "false accusation"...
