The fifth episode of the TBS Friday drama "Takusari Brothers," starring actor Masaki Okada and also featuring Shota Sometani, aired on May 15th. A new possibility emerged regarding the handgun hidden inside the toy robot in the Takusari family's children's room, sparking a flurry of speculation on social media.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Minoru (Someya) reports to Makoto (Okada) that he has checked the purchase order forms and subsidiary ledgers of Karashima Metal Factory that the deceased Tsuda (Iio Kazuki) had at the tax accountant's office. He also tells him that the handgun that his father Sakutaro (Wada Masato) hid inside the robot may have been manufactured at Karashima Metal Factory.
After hearing Minoru's story, Makoto said, "That might be connected." He pointed out that there was a high possibility that the Igarashi gang was involved in the shooting incident at the time, and that they might have been supplying the guns they were making at the factory to the Igarashi gang.
While also mentioning the possibility of trouble surrounding the Igarashi gang at the time, Makoto speculated, "Tsuda was probably investigating the illegal manufacture of guns. The Igarashi gang might have been the ones who killed my father and mother."
Social media was abuzz with comments like, "So her father was making illegal guns! Was it the whole factory involved, or just him and the factory manager, or was it just him!?", "I think there's someone in the police force connected to the Igarashi gang", "Was the factory where Tagasari's father worked smuggling handguns to gangsters...? Maybe Koike (Goro Kishitani) was involved somehow...", and "Karashima Metals may have been manufacturing handguns as a company. Chief Koike might be the one who facilitated the sales routes."
The drama follows detective Makoto Tagasari (played by Okada) and medical examiner Minoru (played by Someya) as they investigate heinous crimes that occur daily and pursue the true culprit in the murder of two 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."
