The ninth episode of the TBS Sunday Theatre drama " Caster " starring Hiroshi Abe (Sunday 9pm) will be broadcast on June 8th.
In the previous episode...Takimoto (Kato Haruhiko) from the programming department reported to JBN Chairman Kunisada ( Hideki Takahashi), "We've received a call from Weekly Seicho to say that this article will be published soon."
The article revealed that Shindo (Abe) had once received 20 million yen in secret funds from the Cabinet Secretariat. When Kunisada asked, "Where did this scoop come from?" Takimoto replied, "We're calling the person himself." Then Motohashi (Shunsuke Michieda) appeared.
Episode 9...When Kunisada finds out that Shindo's scandal will be published in a weekly magazine, he hints to Shindo that this will be the end of his career as a Caster.
Shindo believes that Yamai's (Takuma Otoo) father, Kazuo (Manabu Yamamoto), was not killed in an accident, but was targeted for death, so he goes to Yamai's family home with him to search for evidence. Among Kazuo's personal belongings, he finds items that indicate a connection to Shindo's father, Tetsu (Makiya Yamaguchi), as well as a note in a curious notebook.
Shindo risks his career as a Caster anchor to uncover the truth behind what happened 43 years ago. Meanwhile, a major incident shakes up "Newsgate"...
The drama is set in a television news program and is a socially conscious entertainment piece that pursues the truth buried in the darkness and punishes evil.
