N no Tame ni (2014) [E 01 – 10 END]

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• Drama: Testimony of N (English title) / For N (literal title)
• Romaji: N no Tame ni
• Japanese: Nのために
• Director: Ayuko Tsukahara, Takeyoshi Yamamoto
• Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Satoko Okudera
• Network: TBS
• Episodes: 10
• Release Date: October 17 – December 19, 2014
• Runtime: Friday 22:00
• TV Ratings: 9.0% (weekly average)
• Genre: Mystery / Suspense
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Nozomi Sugishita (Nana Eikura), Shinji Naruse (Masataka Kubota), Nozomi Ando (Kento Kaku) and Masato Nishizaki (Keisuke Koide) make a plan. The plan brings them to the scene of the Noguchi married couple murder case which took place at a super high-rise apartment. The police receives a report and when they get there, they find the four people there.

Based on Masato Nishizaki’s confession and the testimony of others, Masato Nishizaki is arrested for murder. He receives a prison sentence of 10 years.

10 years later, Masato Nishizaki  is about to be released from prison. Former cop, Shigeru Takano (Tomokazu Miura), chases the truth behind Noguchi married couple murder case. He is sure that murder case began during the summer, 15 years earlier, on an island in the Seto Inland Sea.