Hi no Ko / 火の粉 (2016) [Ep 1 – 9 END]

Profile

• Drama: The Sparks (English title)
• Romaji: Hi no Ko
• Japanese: 火の粉
• Director: Masahiro Mori, Kentaro Takemura
• Writer: Shusuke Shizukui (novel), Takafumi Kosaka, Yuya Takahashi
• Network: Fuji TV, Tokai TV
• Episodes: 9
• Release Date: April 2 – May 28, 2016
• Runtime: Saturday 23:40-24:35
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Shingo (Yusuke Santamaria) is on trial at a Tokyo District Court. He is charged for the murder of a family of three. If he is convicted, he will receive the death penalty. Shingo is acquitted.

Two years later, Shingo moves to a quiet residential area. He meets his next door neighbors. The family consists of Yukimi (Yuka), her parents-in-laws Isao (Masato Ibu) and Hiroe (Mayumi Asaka), her husband Toshiro (Koji Ookura) and their daughter Madoka (Rin Shouno). They seem to be a normal family except Toshiro is unemployed.

At night, Shingo visits his neighbors to say hi. After work, the father-in-law Isao comes back home. Isao finds Shingo at his home and Isao is stunned. Isao was the judge who declared Shingo innocent.