The fourth episode of the NHK drama series "Tokyo Salad Bowl" (General TV, Tuesday 10pm), starring actors Nao and Ryuhei Matsuda, will be broadcast on January 28th. The subtitle of the episode is "Baby and Banh Mi (Part 2)". The preview shows the words "The passport is handed over" and "Where will the father end up?"
As time passes since the child's abduction, Yayanagi (Abe Shinnosuke) and Ariki (Matsuda), who are in charge of not only Higashi-Shinjuku Police Station but also the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, become increasingly impatient.
Wang (Zhang Han) and a Chinese woman, with Japanese passports given to them by a volunteer, pretend to be a Japanese couple and attempt to return to the mainland, which they have longed for. However, they are instructed to take along a young child who they are told to "look after for a few days." Sensing the danger to the child's life, Wang betrays the volunteer and turns himself in to Koda (Nao)...
The drama is based on the manga "Tokyo Salad Bowl - International Investigation Case File" by Kuromaru, who is also known for "Kurosagi." Set in Tokyo, where about 700,000 foreign residents live, Nao plays a green-haired police officer in an international investigation, and together with Ryo Yukino, a Chinese interpreter played by Matsuda, they work together to pick up the lives of those who are on the verge of falling out of Japanese society. It is a socially conscious entertainment drama.
