Sato Koichi & Eguchi Yosuke to star in new WOWOW drama "Ishitsubute ~ Gaimushou kimitsuhi wo abaita sousa nika no otoko tachi ~"

Sato Koichi and Eguchi Yosuke will be starring in the new WOWOW drama "Ishitsubute ~ Gaimushou kimitsuhi wo abaita sousa nika no otoko tachi ~" which will begin its run from November in the Sundays 10pm timeslot. The drama which consists of 8 episodes, is based on the non-fiction book by Kiyotake Hidetoshi. This will be the first direct collaboration between both actors even though they have been friends for about 30 years and had appeared in various works together in the past.

The story is based on a true case which happened in 2001 and involved the defrauding of secret funds from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The investigation officers faced an uphill task of venturing into the sacred territory of the country and had to fight the forces within the organisation to uncover the truth in this case caused by the "three evil men" i.e. high-ranking officers in the ministry. Sato will be playing Kizaki Mutsuhito who is involved in the investigation while his superior Saimi Teruaki will be played by Eguchi.

Sato said that he will try his best in this drama so as to match up to the aspirations and passion of the production crew who had chosen to take on such a difficult project. He also commented that the Japanese tend to forget major incidents after some time which shouldn't be the case because important lessons are forgotten at the same time. As such, it is timely to refresh people's memories of this case which did take place in Japan and stir public conversation and interest in this topic through the drama. On the other hand, Eguchi said that he felt that it was meaningful for them to take on such taboo topics in this drama and that he hoped that everyone could see how the police detectives had thrown a stone towards the dark side of this country and exposed what the public should know about.

Sources: Oricon / Sanspo / Eiga.com