The first episode of the drama series "Reunion ~Silent Truth~" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 9pm), starring actor Takeuchi Ryoma, was broadcast on January 13th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 6.8% for households and 3.8% for individuals.
The drama is a film adaptation of Yokoseki Dai's novel "Reunion" (Kodansha), which won the 56th Edogawa Rampo Prize (2010), starring Takeuchi. Four classmates share a "secret" that they buried the gun used in a crime under a cherry tree during their elementary school days. 23 years later, Junichi (Takeuchi), who has become a detective, reunites with his first love, Iwamoto Makiko (Inoue Mao), one of the four, only to find that she has become a suspect in a new murder case. This heartbreaking human love mystery begins with a fateful reunion.
The first episode was titled "The Suspect is My First Love."
