Actors Mamiya Shotaro and Araki Yuko will co-star in the drama series "Good Things and Bad Things" (NTV, Saturdays at 9pm), which will begin airing on October 11th. The drama is a speculative mystery surrounding the suspicious death of an elementary school classmate. Mamiya will play Takagi Masaru, a class leader nicknamed "King" in elementary school, while Araki will play Saruhashi Sonoko, a reporter for Weekly Apollo who was nicknamed "Douko" (Dot Girl) and a classmate of Takagi Masaru.
The drama will be written by Gaku Kawasaki, who has worked on "Betrayal Meals in a Place Like This" (Chukyo TV), and directed by Shunsuke Kariyama, who has worked on "Brush Up Life" (Nippon TV), Kengo Takimoto, who worked on the film "Kaibutsu of Love," and Shinya Nagano.
The cast also includes Shintaro Morimoto of the popular group "SixTONES" as Takahiro Koyama, a graduate of Class 6-1 at Takazato Elementary School and Takagi's best friend, Ayame Ayame Goriki, a ward office employee, and Asuka Kudo as Kanta Sakurai, the owner of the izakaya "Kita no Sakura." Other cast members include Rena Matsui as Emi Nakajima, a hostess, Yu Inaba as Kengo Toyokawa, a hairdresser, Yusaku Mori as Taisuke Hatadate, a NEET, and Katamari Mizukawa of the comedy duo "Kuuki Kaidan" as Toshiki Takeda, a pharmacist, and Reina Matsui as Emi Nakajima, a hostess, Yu Inaba as Kengo Toyokawa, a hairdresser, and Yusaku Mori as Taisuke Hatadate, a NEET, and Katamari Mizukawa of the comedy duo "Kuuki Kaidan" as Toshiki Takeda, a pharmacist, and Reina Matsui as Emi Nakajima, a hostess, and Yu Inaba as Kengo Toyokawa, a hairdresser, and Yusaku Mori as Taisuke Hatadate, a NEET, and Katamari Mizukawa of the comedy duo "Kuuki Kaidan."
Also appearing in the cast are Mai Fukagawa as Haruka Shinonome, a reporter for Weekly Apollo who is in the same year as Sonoko, Junki Tozuka as Kazunari Imakuni, the owner of the snack bar Imakuni, Miku Tanaka Tanaka as Moka Marufuji, a part-time worker at the snack bar Imakuni, and Subaru Kimura as Kei Utsumi, a regular customer at the snack bar Imakuni.
The first episode tells the story of 34-year-old Takagi Masaru, who runs a small painting company in the suburbs of Tokyo. In elementary school, he was known as the "King" of his class and was the leader of his class. However, he has now mellowed out and is a father who takes over the family business in his hometown and supports his wife Kana (Tokunaga Eri), who is two years older than him, and their fourth-grade daughter Kanon (Miyazaki Ririsa). Takagi has long since forgotten about the time capsule he buried in the schoolyard 22 years ago...
The former members of Class 6-1 gather at their alma mater for the first time in 22 years to dig up the promised time capsule. They include Takeda Toshiki, who was close friends with Takagi; Tsuchiya Yuki, a full-time housewife; Toyokawa Kengo, now a hairdresser; Sakurai Kanta, who runs an izakaya (Japanese pub); and Kobayashi Saki, the former class representative. Their former homeroom teacher, Otani-sensei (Akama Mariko), is now the principal. And when Takeda and Sakurai see Saruhashi Sonoko, a beautiful journalist who is active on TV and in magazines, they are excited, asking, "Do you remember me!?"
The time capsule they unearthed contained a drawing of "everyone's dream" drawn 22 years ago. Sakurai drew a "firefighter" and Takeda drew "flying in the sky." Each of them looked at their own drawing and reminisced. When asked, "What did you draw, Takagi-kun?", Takagi hurriedly hid the drawing.
Inside the time capsule, they find a yearbook, though it's unclear who put it there. Takagi and the others are stunned when they see the page for Class 6-1. The faces of six students, including Takagi, have been cruelly blacked out. "Why these six?" they all wonder, but Takagi is the only one who has an idea about what the six students have in common. Then, that night, one of the six dies mysteriously.
A serial murder case begins with a time capsule. The targets are six people who have a connection to Sonoko. Takagi, who doesn't want to be killed, and Sonoko, who doesn't want to be suspected, team up to uncover the truth...
