Rupture — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode 5
Drama, Mystery • 44 min • 1 season, 7 episodes
Episode synopsis
Kamura's (Kihei Shiina) therapy has been completely taken over by Sakuma (Kenichi Takifuji) and used in a large-scale clinical trial that causes sudden death in the elderly. In addition, Sakuma involves Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Date (Hisaku Shimada) and others in moving to legislate the euthanasia bill. Meanwhile, Kamura tries to save Kuraki (Tatsuya Nakadai), who is about to rupture his heart, by surgery, but it is difficult to find a solution. - She finally confesses to Kuraki that their father and son were used by Sakuma. Hearing this, Kuraki goes to Sakuma alone.
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.