Oguri starred in the Sunday drama "Japan Sinks: The Man of Hope" and the ratings were a hit

▲Shun Oguri

TBS's Sunday Theater (9:00 p.m. Japan time) latest TV series, "Japan Sunken: Man of Hope," starring actor Oguri, aired its first episode on October 10 and aired an additional 25 minutes of content. According to Vedio Rearch's survey in the Kanto region, the episode made a good start with an average household rating of 15.8%.

The drama is based on Sakyo Komatsu's science fiction novel The Sinking of Japan, published in 1973. It tells the story of the protagonist Tenkai Revelation (Oguri Shun) and others who face this unprecedented crisis in the sinking sea of the country in 2023.

The first episode is set in Tokyo in 2023. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama (Yuki Nakamura) said that the "Japan Future Promotion Conference" was established to focus on the future of Japanese society and bring together outstanding young officials from various provinces and governments. Tenkai of the Ministry of the Environment and Tokiwa Koichi (Kenichi Matsuyama) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry also joined the organization as members.

In order to get his proposal passed, Tenkai, while establishing good relations with Prime Minister Higashiyama, also intends to win over the Prime Minister's hostile forces, the political leader RijoShi (Ishibashi Renji). At this time, due to a warning report published by Dr. Taso (Teruyuki Kagawa) about the sinking of the Kanto region into the sea, some groups began to demonstrate. In the next plot direction, In order to solve the matter, Tianhai talks face-to-face with Tian Suo, and Tian Suo tells a creepy prophecy. "In the near future, the islands off the coast of Izu will sink into the sea. That would be a precursor to the sinking sea in the Kanto region that I had been afraid of. (Coffee Pig/Translation)