Rupture — Season 1, Episode 4: Episode 4
Drama, Mystery • 44 min • 1 season, 7 episodes
Episode synopsis
After Sakuma (Kenichi Takifuji) holds evidence of his medical error cover-up, Kamura (Kihei Shiina) is transferred to the Neo Medical Center with his confidant Kitchen (Masahiro Komoto). He ostensibly cooperates in a large-scale clinical trial that causes heart ruptures in the elderly, but behind the scenes, he continues to research workarounds to ensure that no one dies. Meanwhile, Kuraki's (Tatsuya Nakadai) heart bursts into the countdown, and Kamura becomes impatient. He is furious with Kuraki for being so immersed in filming that he skips the inspection, but he hears an unexpected truth from Kuraki's wife, Akiko (Midoriko Kimura).
About Rupture
Kamura Yoichiro is a distinguished heart surgeon who had discovered the cure to rejuvenate aging failing hearts. However, Kamura is unaware of the side-effect of the cure that he had invented... the heart will rupture when it is over stimulated. Sakuma Kazuhisa is a bureaucrat who believes that the old are a problem to society. He feels that they are good-for-nothings who should be eliminated before they destroy the country. Suspecting Kamura's cure to have a negative side-effect, Sakuma plots to use it to achieve his nefarious objectives. Kuraki Rentaro was once a famous actor. His heart is failing, but he wishes to star in one last film before he dies, and so he opts for the procedure under Kamura.