NHK's "Drama 10: The Uncertain Court of Themis" (General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actor Matsuyama Kenichi, will resume broadcasting on February 24th. The story is said to be heading towards its climax from episode 6, which will be broadcast on the same day, and a two-minute promotional video previewing new developments has also been released. It introduces the story as "a request for a retrial," "a parent and child confronting each other," and "the truth that Ando (Matsuyama) will discover."
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"The Uncertain Courtroom of Themis" is based on a unique legal mystery by Sho Naoshima. It is a courtroom drama about a judge with a developmental disorder who struggles with his own unique characteristics while taking on complex cases. The screenplay is written by Hideya Hamada, who has also written the Fuji TV series "Ichikei no Karasu" and the "Absolute Zero" series.
The subtitle of episode 6 is "Request for Retrial." The "Maebashi Family Murder Case" involved the brutal murder of a family of four. After being arrested, Kazuma Akiba was sentenced to death and the death sentence was carried out.
Twenty-five years after the incident, Akiba's daughter, Yoshizawa (Saito Asuka), claims her father's innocence and seeks a retrial with new evidence. Ando (Matsuyama) is conflicted about whether to allow the retrial to begin and whether he should be involved in the proceedings, and bitter memories that he had suppressed are brought back to his mind.
It turns out that this is due to an indelible past with Yuki (Ogi Shigemitsu), the prosecutor who once sought the death penalty against Akiba.
