Matsushita Nao & Furuta Arata to reunite in new WOWOW drama "Yami no Bansosha 2 ~ Henshuuchou no Jouken"

Matsushita Nao and Furuta Arata will be back in the new WOWOW drama "Yami no Bansosha 2 ~ Henshuuchou no Jouken" (Partner in Darkness 2 ~ The terms of the chief editor) which will consist of 5 episodes and begin its run from 31 March 2018 in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot. The first series of this drama was shown in spring 2015. The sequel is a suspense story based on the novel "Henshuuchou no Jouken - Daigo Shinji no Hakuran Suiri File -" by Nagasaki Takashi and features Matsushita as an investigator-cum-former police officer Mizuno Yuki working with freelance manga editor Daigo Shinji (Furuta) again to investigate the strange death of a manga editor named Nanbu which is somewhat linked to the Shimoyama incident (the disappearance and death of Shimoyama Sadanori, the first president of Japanese National Railways, in 1949).


Soon after Nanbu was invited to become the chief editor of a manga magazine published by a mid-size company, he falls to his death from a building and the letter he left behind leaves behind many questions. Although the police are quick to classify this as an accident, Daigo who is hired to become Nanbu's successor and Yuki try to find out the truth behind Nanbu's death. The manga featured in the drama will be drawn by artists such as Mori Hideki, Tanaka Keiichi, Tsuchiyama Shigeru and Hiramatsu Shinji.


Matsushita commented that she was very happy to hear about the sequel and said that the script was very interesting just like what they had in Part 1 where the start of the story originated from a manga. Unlike in the first series, the relationship between Daigo and Yuki has also changed somewhat and the truth about Yuki's father's suspicious death will also be revealed in the sequel. Furuta also echoed her view about the strong story and said jokingly that if the drama turned out to be boring, then it would have to be their fault.

Sources: Natalie / Eiga.com / Oricon