The popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual 35th Anniversary: Autumn Special Edition," with Tamori as the storyteller, will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (Saturday 9:00 PM) on November 8th. This time, it will be a fitting conclusion to the 35th anniversary, with three new stories and one selection of masterpieces.
The new works include "Your Museum" starring Kawaguchi Haruna, "The Seventh Floor Struggle" starring Ito Atsushi, and "The Game You Can't Live Without Stopping" starring Ryosuke Yamada. This is Kawaguchi's first lead role in the "Tales of the Unusual" series, Ito's third appearance, and Yamada's first appearance in the series and first leading role. The masterpiece selection is "Happy Birthday to My Home" starring Yakusho Koji, which aired in 1991.
◇Story
[Your Museum] Shinoda Misaki (Kawaguchi) and Ito Kensuke (Kasamatsu Masaru) get lost during a night drive. The couple decide to ask for directions at the "Your Museum" they happen to pass by. Once inside, they find exhibits detailing Misaki's childhood photos and school uniform, as well as her growing-up history. There are also exhibits relating to memories of how the couple met and their dates, and Misaki begins to hope that this might be a surprise. However, the next room is a quiz corner asking how many ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends each person has. While Kensuke enjoys the quiz, Misaki feels uneasy...
[Seventh Floor Struggle] When Morisaki Hokuto (Ito) returns home from work to his apartment, he finds a city hall employee waiting for him. He is told, "We'll prepare a new room for you, so please leave this room." Following a series of incidents on the seventh floor across the country, the government has decided to remove the seventh floor from all buildings. The next day, invited by his colleague Namikawa Nozomi (Yuki Yoda), who also lives on the seventh floor, Morisaki attends a rally of "Seventh Floor Citizens" who vow to defend the seventh floor. As he throws himself into various activities with his fellow members, Morisaki and Namikawa grow closer. However, one day, the leader of the "Seventh Floor Citizens" (Showai-Meshi's Nishida Koji) is arrested by the police...
[A game you can't survive if you don't stop] When Tokunaga Masao (Yamada) acts as a guarantor for his friend's company, he is assaulted out of spite and ends up hospitalized. Furthermore, his wife Yuno (Yanagi Yurina) tells him that she will leave him if he continues to saddle himself with debt. Dejected, Tokunaga receives an invitation to a game of "Daruma-san ga Koronda." The rules written in the letter from an unknown sender are: "Stop for 30 seconds after the signal. Whoever remains until the end will receive a prize of 3 billion yen." Every time he clears a level, a large sum of money is deposited into his account, and Tokunaga gradually becomes addicted to the game. He then finds out that his friend Inagaki (Watanabe Daichi) is also playing the game...
[Happy Birthday to My Home] I (Yakusho) bought a house in the suburbs to live with my wife (Iwasaki Yoshimi) and our daughter. This was around the same time that my father (Kawarasaki Kenzo) bought a house on the outskirts of Tokyo. One day, I found my father's sketchbook, and in it was a drawing of the house I had just bought. Then my older sister and her husband brought over a large table set that they used to use at my parents' house. There was the seat where my father always sat...
