Rupture — Season 1, Episode 6: Episode 6
Drama, Mystery • 44 min • 1 season, 7 episodes
Episode synopsis
After 3 months. The subjects of Kamura's (Kihei Shiina) therapy were about to reach the time limit of a heart rupture, but Sakuma's (Kenichi Takifuji) propaganda was steadily progressing, and public opinion was tilting in the direction of the ideal of "pokkuri death". Kamura obtains material from journalist Tamaki (Miwako Ichikawa) to crush Sakuma, but on the contrary, Sakuma is threatened by Sakuma about a medical error trial and is forced to make a deal. Kamura, who is in a predicament, takes an unexpected action. As a result, he was targeted for his life.
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.