The eighth episode of the TBS Friday drama "Takusari Brothers," starring actor Masaki Okada and also featuring Shota Sometani, aired on June 5th. The conversation between the brothers Makoto (Okada) and Minoru (Sometani) Takusari and Yuki Mogi (Takashi Yamanaka), the owner of the local Chinese restaurant "Mocchan," at a public bathhouse they visited together for the first time brought tears to viewers' eyes.
◇The following contains spoilers.
Notes from Tsuda (played by Kazuki Iio), who investigated the connection between Karashima Metal Factory and the Igarashi Group, revealed the possibility that Mogi was involved in the murder of his parents.
At the time, Mogi testified that he had been caught in a fire at the Karashima Metal Factory that occurred on the day of the murder, and if his testimony was correct, he should still have burn marks from metal burns on his body. Based on the forensic reasoning that "if there are scattered white burn marks, then Mogi is not the culprit," Makoto and Minoru invited Mogi to a public bathhouse.
Makoto and Minoru stared intently at Mogi's back in the mirror as he took off his shirt in the changing room. However, they couldn't see any white burn marks on Mogi's back. It became highly likely that Mogi's testimony that he had been caught in the fire at the Karashima Metal Factory was false.
Without getting to the heart of the matter, Makoto and Minoru got into the bathtub with Mogi. "I'm kind of happy. To be taking a bath with Makoto and Minoru," Mogi said happily. "We've known each other for a long time, but this has never happened," Makoto replied, and with tears welling up, Mogi looked up and said, "It really has been a long time," holding back his tears. Minoru couldn't hold back his emotions and washed his face with the water to compose himself.
On social media, comments included: "I think the bathhouse scene is a memorable scene that will go down in drama history from beginning to end," "I can't get over the lingering emotions from episode 8. I've watched the bathhouse scene about 10 times and cried," "I seriously cried...there were no white scars. Yamanaka is one of my favorite actors, so I empathized with him a lot," "I want to bet that Mocchan isn't the culprit," and "I still can't believe Mocchan is the culprit. It's too painful."
The drama follows Detective Makoto and Medical Examiner Minoru as they investigate heinous crimes that occur daily and pursue the true culprit in the murder of their parents, a case that expired just two days before the statute of limitations was abolished. This is the latest work from producer Junko Arai, who has worked on hit crime suspense works such as the film "Last Mile" and the dramas "Unnatural," "MIU404," and "Saiai."
