Started watching this one just because I happened to notice Sadawo Abe from Extremely Inappropriate! is in it.
This drama stars Abe Sadawo as Harada Kotaro. He's a 50 yr old bachelor who isn't looking to get married at all. He's a lawyer and TV personality, and he's been living alone since the death of his parents as he has no siblings.
One day, after filming a TV spot, he collapses and is taken to the hospital. It's laying there after surgery, listening to his roommate's family give their support, that he suddenly feels a bit lonely. It's there at the hospital, that he meets Suzuki Neruka while on an elevator. Something about her that he likes and eventually they end up getting married.
They live in condo complex that is owned by Neruka's family. Her younger brother lives on the 1st floor, Neruka and Kotaro live on the 2nd floor, and her father lives on the 3rd floor. One night, during a weekly family dinner, Kotaro comments of the watery beef stew they had. He tells Neruka there's a diner where they have a really good watery beef stew dish. They agree to meet for lunch there.
Kotaro arrives at the diner and he waits for his wife. She sends him a text to let him know she has left school (she is a HS art teacher). He starts to worry when she hasn't arrived and tries to text and call but he can't reach her. As Neruka was leaving school, she got a call from an unknown number, which she answers.
Kotaro apologizes to the diner and leaves. He calls his co-worker to ask him to check if there were any 40 YO females involved in a car accident because his wife didn't show up and he can't reach her. In a panic he runs to the HS and sees it's empty. There is nobody around. In the meantime, Kotaro's 2 co-workers look at each other. The one who didn't take the call mocks Kotaro for panicking and the other one says he's going to inquire because what if something has happened?
Kotaro continues to search around for his wife and while at the top of some stairs, he sees his wife in the passenger side of a car with a young guy. She is expressionless. Kotaro goes home.
When Neruka arrives home, she said she went to the diner but he was gone. He says he waited for an hour and then left. She walks towards their bedroom. He goes after her and lets her know that if she needs anything, he can help her and she says she's going to shower.
So, looks like she has a secret. The guy in the car looks like he could be young enough to be her son. He's maybe in his early 20s I think. Is that her secret? She had a child when she was younger? I believe that would have been a bit of a scandal for the family.
So far, it's interesting and there is something charming about Abe Sawado.
