The third episode of the TV drama "Broadcasting Station Occupy" (Nippon TV, Saturday 9pm) starring Sakurai Sho was broadcast on July 26th, and the true identity of Amabie was revealed.
◇The following contains spoilers.
The drama is the third installment of the "Occupy Series" in which Sakurai plays the hot-blooded detective Musashi. The story takes place one year after the previous film, "Occupying the New Airport."
In the third episode, an unidentified armed group wearing monster masks, Ayakashi, takes over a TV station broadcasting a special program for the Tokyo gubernatorial election. They demand that Musashi expose the dark side of one of the hostages, Tokyo gubernatorial candidate Mikawa Ryutaro (Kitadai Takashi). If he does not do so within two hours, Mikawa will be immersed in boiling water and burned to death.
Musashi, who is in a hurry to find out the truth about Mikawa's crime, confronts Fukue (Okabe Hisashi), a staff member at the soccer school where Mikawa is the representative. Fukue confesses in fear, "It's my fault that that child was killed by Kokkuri-san!" In an attempt to solve the mystery, Musashi arrives at a "certain incident" that occurred a year ago.
Meanwhile, Ibuki (Kato Seishiro), whose life is in the hands of Yamato (Fuma Kikuchi), tries to kidnap Mazaki (Tanigawa Shoichiro), the owner of a dry cleaning shop, as ordered by Yamato, but is found by Mazaki's daughter, Ayame (Kitamura Yui). Meanwhile, the hostages locked up in the broadcasting station begin to plot an escape.
The "negotiation battle" between Musashi and Hannya finally begins during the live broadcast. Then, one of the demons, Amabie (Tomosaka Rie), takes off her mask.
Mikawa's crime was to abuse and drive Reo Tsukumi, a student at his soccer school, to his death. The true identity of Amabie, who hates Mikawa, was Reo's mother, Sayuki. Mikawa's authority was ruined after he admitted all his crimes on live TV.
Meanwhile, Yuko (Manami Higa), who saved Izumi's (Sonin) life, is asked to treat Gashadokuro, who was stabbed by a hostage... Ibuki is in a desperate situation as his life is targeted by "Nopperabo", an underworld hitman!
Meanwhile, Musashi falls to the demon's poisonous fangs.
◇Full comment from Rie Tomosaka
Ever since the visuals of the characters were announced, I've been hearing people speculating on social media about who would be cast. I'm sorry to disappoint everyone (laughs).
I've been acting wearing an Amabie mask up until the third episode, so acting without makeup feels awkward, or maybe embarrassing, and it's a strange feeling I've never felt before.
The cast list and name tags in the dressing rooms were all unified with the character's name, only a limited number of actors knew information about the demons, and we were not allowed to remove our masks unless we returned to our dressing rooms. We were filming under strict rules, so I feel a bit relieved that we can finally be lifted.
The backgrounds of the other Yokai members and various truths will be revealed from now on... You won't want to miss any of it. I hope you enjoy it until the final episode.
(Personally, I love the immortal Musashi!)
