Hiroshi Abe is back, this time as a maverick newscaster named Soichi Shindo hired to shake things up in a failing news program NEWS GATE, where he immediately butts heads with his unorthodox style in an effort to revamp the show into something new.
Mei Nagano stars as Hana Sakikubo, a frustrated program director tasked with overseeing Shindo and reining in his wild methods as he disregards protocol and social niceties to get the the seeming ‘real” truth.
And in the field, Shindo DOES seem to have a taste for the real cutthroat shenanigans going on in the political world and seems to be one step ahead of everyone else when it comes down to nailing his subject. But we will learn that both he AND Nagano’s character have secret pasts which hide the real motivations that dictate their choices and decisions...some of which may not be so valiant.
with Shunsuke Michieda
Kinya Kataoji
Kanato Tsukishiro
Well, this is certainly a formula we’ve seen time and time again with a multitude of News-based dramas and I’m not sure if this one will be any different from the rest…. Will continue to watch to see if Nagano’s character evolves into more of a partner than a frustrated reactionary character...
