The popular anthology drama "Tales of the Unusual '26 Summer Special," with Tamori serving as the storyteller, will air on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (Saturdays at 9 PM) on June 27th.
This special edition will feature four episodes: "Who is the body...?" starring Takaya Kamikawa, "Closing down the family home" starring Shuri, "I want to become an old man" in which Yuno Nagao and Satoshi Matsuo play the same character, and "Mother's Auction" starring Yosuke Sugino. This marks the first appearance and first starring role for Kamikawa, Shuri, and Nagao in the "Tales of the Unusual" series.
◇Story
[Who are the bodies...?] Veteran detective Takao Sakuraba (Kamikawa) had once again sensed a crime and visited a house. His junior colleague and section chief, Michito Kuriyama (Hiroshi Takahashi), and young detective Reiya Shindo (Kohei Higuchi) had already arrived at the crime scene. In the bedroom on the second floor, the bodies of a man and a woman lay. As Sakuraba left the bedroom, he found a bloodstained knife in the bushes. However, when he returned to the bedroom to retrieve his gloves, the woman's body, which had been there just moments before, was gone. Sakuraba was shocked by this impossible turn of events, while Kuriyama and the others were bewildered, believing there had never been a body there in the first place. Furthermore, the murder weapon and bloodstains on the stairs that they had found had vanished without a trace...
[Closing Down the Family Home] Natsume Saya (Shuri), a company employee in her 30s, has just finished the funeral of her mother, Emiko (Hinako Saeki), her only remaining family member, and is now closing down her old family home in an old apartment complex. When her mother's friend, Matsuno Satomi (Ise Shima), hears this, her expression changes completely, but Saya remembers the resentment she felt towards her overbearing mother and disposes of the things her mother had made by hand. However, when she returns home after taking out the trash, everything has been returned with signs that read, "Don't throw it away!" and "You'll be punished!" The following weekend, Matsuno visits Saya, who is continuing to clean up, with homemade cookies. Matsuno is unusually happy when Saya realizes they taste like her mother's. Saya feels an eerie feeling about Matsuno's behavior...
[I Want to Be an Uncle] Eight-year-old Koharu Nuikawa (Nagao) possesses a magical costume that allows her to transform into a lifelike "uncle" (Matsuo). With the help of her younger sister, Chinatsu (Morobayashi Mei), who is two years younger, Koharu, dressed as an uncle, heads to the park. Her goal is to speak to her father, Mamoru (Kyo Nobuo), as an adult on his way home. In reality, while Mamoru dotes on his daughters, he is often cold to his wife, Satoko (Emi Kurara), a stay-at-home mother. That night, Mamoru scolds Satoko for trying to apply for a part-time job. Koharu, who has been secretly watching them, makes a certain decision.
[Mother's Auction] Ryo Kishida (played by Sugino), a 26-year-old NEET, has been repeatedly putting his family's belongings up for auction online and selling them when they fetch a good price. That day, while browsing an auction site, Ryo stumbles upon something unexpected. It's a picture of his mother, Nobuko (played by Sayaka Aoki). Ryo is stunned by the listing page that reads, "I'll be your mother!" Recently, the number of people putting themselves up for auction online has been increasing, and Ryo's friend has even won a bid for a new mother online. When Ryo sees Nobuko's words, "This time, I'll succeed at raising children," he...
