Kurosaki Kodai

Set on a remote island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, this human drama depicts the strange shared life and family rebirth of two fisherman brothers and a manga artist from Tokyo.

The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate.

The protagonist, Ren, works as a driver in Shibuya, Tokyo, a city undergoing redevelopment. He lost his mother, Yumiko, at a young age and became estranged from his father, Hajime. One day, Ren is reunited with his father while making a delivery and tells his older sister, Emi, about it, but Emi seems unconcerned and is preparing for her own wedding. Eventually, Ren begins to reassess the distance between his family members.

This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.