The TBS Friday drama "Takusari Brothers," starring actor Masaki Okada and also featuring Shota Sometani, will begin airing on April 17th at 10 PM. The story follows the "Takusari Brothers," older brother Makoto Takusari (Okada), a detective, and younger brother Minoru Takusari (Sometani), a medical examiner, as they investigate a series of heinous crimes and the true culprit behind the murder of their parents, a case that reached its statute of limitations just two days before the abolition of the statute of limitations.
This is the latest work from producer Junko Arai, who has worked on hit crime suspense films such as "Last Mile" and dramas such as "Unnatural," "MIU404," and "Saiai." The script is written by Kei Watanabe, known for "Tumbling," and directed by Takeshi Yamamoto, known for "Saiai," among others.
Ayami Nakajo plays Ayami Nakajo Miyato, the true buddy detective; Kaito Miyachika of the popular group "Travis Japan" plays Naoki Ishizaka, the true colleague; and Haruka Igawa plays Haruko Ashikaga, the pawn shop owner and informant.
Episode 1 takes place on April 27, 2010. Makoto Tagasari and his younger brother Minoru are watching the news about the revised Code of Criminal Procedure, which abolishes the statute of limitations for serious crimes such as murder.
The statute of limitations for the "Tagusari Family Murder and Assault Case," in which the parents were murdered and Minoru was attacked in 1995, expired just two days before the abolition of the statute of limitations for prosecution. The perpetrator who killed the parents they loved so much would no longer be held accountable, and the fate of the two brothers changed.
Time passed, and Makoto became a detective at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police's Aomori Police Station. Meanwhile, Minoru, who had become a medical examiner in the Kanagawa Prefectural Police's First Investigation Division, reported new facts that provided a clue to solving a difficult case at a meeting, and his reputation with the head of the Criminal Investigation Department soared. However, he himself remained indifferent.
Meanwhile, Makoto receives a tip from a woman working at a travel agency and heads to a certain apartment building. According to the woman, when she returned home, she found her live-in boyfriend dead in the locked room, with multiple injuries...
