Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Journey To The Past in "Theseus No Fune"

Just started watching Theseus No Fune, the story of a man named Shin Tamura (Ryoma Takeuchi) who has lived his life as the child of a convicted murderer.
 Though his policeman father has always claimed innocence, the courts found him guilty of poisoning the juice of a family festival which killed numerous children, and his family has had to endure the wrath of the public his entire life.
When his wife Yuki (Juri Ueno) is dying after giving birth to a new son, she urges him to seek out his father and get to the truth of the matter, if not for him, then the future of their child. And so, with her last words in his ears, he makes his way back to the school ground where the horrible act took place.
 As he stands before it, a mysterious fog swirls around him, and when it clears, he finds that he has been transported...
 ... back to 1989! 
While  she was alive, Yuki kept a meticulous scrapbook about all the odd events leading up to his father’s accusation and arrest, and now, with the scrapbook in hand, Shin finds he has been given the chance to change the past and hopefully make a better future for his son!
While keeping tabs on his father and his doings, he naturally crosses paths with them, and before he knows it. has been taken in and cared for by the family that has no idea is his own, albeit some 20 years in the past!
Strangest of all is the strange relationship he develops with his Father. His father only sees him as a suspicious drifter and Shin is not too sure about how much he trusts his father either!
But as the crimes foretold by the scrapbook slowly unfold, the two will have to learn to trust each other if they hope to forestall upcoming events that will affect BOTH of their future selves….
Quite enjoying this show, but MAN is it similar to the Yuriko Yoshitaka drama Shiranakute ii Koto! They use the same plot device featuring a child who has grown up in the shadow of a convicted felon charged with indiscriminate murder by poisoning  the drinks of a family event, and now, as an adult, strives to use their abilities to seek out the truth of the past….
Makes me wonder if this kind of stuff happens a lot in Japan in real life for it to be in so many dramas as plot devices...
 Posted at zdoramaagain.blogspot.com