Yamapi new drama “In Hand” on TBS Friday night starting April
April Friday Drama
“In Hand”
Starring Yamashita Tomohisa
His TBS serial drama in 4 years
Challenges an eccentric genius scientist with an artificial robot hand!
Solving difficult cases in latest science
Science x Medical Treatment x Human Mystery
It’s been decided to air in TBS Friday drama starting April. The manga is an ongoing series in Evening (Kodansha) by Acato Ao. It's been 4 years since Yamashita last starred in a TBS drama which was "Algernon ni Hanataba wo" (2015). Working as a musician and as an actor, he starred last year in the movie "Code Blue" whose box office revenue was over 9.2 B Yen making it a huge hit. This time, that Yamashita will challenge a genius scientist!
Yamashita plays the protagonist Himokura Tetsu, a genius scientist specializing in parasitology. Blunt, sadistic and eccentric. Purchasing a botanical garden, he spends his time in this gigantic greenhouse with various animals as a research institute and his home as well. Himokura is equipped with an artificial arm that his right hand is like a black robot hand. However, the particulars on his artificial arm is not known... Even with his eccentricity, the genius Dr. Himokura brilliantly resolves in a surprising scientific manner difficult cases breaking out one by one, a human science mystery.
Science x Medical x Human Mystery
An eccentric genius scientist, a softhearted assistant, a cool beautiful bureaucrat
A refreshing science mystery solving the mysteries of latest science
The latest technology, gene manipulation, unknown pathogens coming from abroad... brilliant developing technology more than one can imagine, it's the present day that mysterious cases arise. Challenging difficult problems related to the latest science and medical treatment is shut-in, strange, but genius scientist Himokura Tetsu, his softhearted assistant with a strong sense of justice, and a cool, capable beautiful bureaucrat. Every time, you can't predict the way a case will be resolved, also look forward to the moving lifesaving drama in helping the people who are suffering. Furthermore, there is one highlight mystery that extends to all stories. It's Science x Medical Treatment x Mystery in this new mystery entertainment. Please look forward to how Yamashita in his TBS lead serial drama in 4 years act this sadist strange doctor!
☆ Drama Outline
Parasitologist Himokura Tetsu (Yamashita Tomohisa) remodeled a huge botanical garden as his home/laboratory, shut himself in studying parasites as he fancies. With an artificial robot hand, misanthropic, sadist, eccentric but with an extensive knowledge, he's a guy with a genius intellect. That Himokura together with his assistant Takaie Haruma, are visited by the bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary from the Scientific Medical Measures, Makino Tomoe. The Scientific Medical Measures teams with Science Organization, Medical Institutions in dealing with rising problems. With science progressing globally, unknown diseases and cases crossing over traditional concepts occur varied, and that department was born to deal with that. This type of problem can't be dealt by an average physician or scientist so the Scientific Medical Measures calls on Himokura who is well acquainted with parasites in a pasture, unknown creatures, and diseases. Himokura who only wants to do the research he likes humbly declines cooperation with the government official but he gets interested in a mysterious creature and infectious disease related to a case that starts to get him involved .
What can be seen from the case are all things beyond imagination. Unknown pathogens coming from abroad, mysterious infection of a close creature with a disease, rejuvenating technology of cutting edge science, genetic doping, unprecedented bio-terrorism, etc... Each appearance is a mystery. Such difficult cases will be explained through a brilliant concept with scientific information by genius scientist Himokura saving suffering people.
On the other hand, Himokura has a mystery of his own. That is his concealed past. It seems like there is a secret on his artificial right arm... The untangling of one's heart in this case resolution drama and moving lifesaving action concludes in an episode but you will also enjoy the mystery related to the entire story in this new science human mystery.
☆ Characters
Himokura Tetsu (34): Yamashita Tomohisa
Strange genius scientist whose right hand is a robot. Specialization is Parasitology. Eccentric, blunt, only operates to his interest, a strange person but with his extensive knowledge, has this genius like way of thinking. With the things he's interested in, he engages in it with a youthful like glee. Somehow, he's rich and bought and remodeled a greenhouse type gigantic botanical garden shutting himself him in this home/laboratory furnished with cutting edge research machinery. A greenhouse like a laboratory and jungle where dogs, snakes, turtles, etc., various animals live. Loving animals and that ecology most of all, he's indifferent to people. That's why he's a strange person, and incidentally called abnormal. The particulars of his artificial arm is not known even to his assistant Takaie. Moreover, a case seems to be concerned with that mysterious past...
☆ Comment
(Yamashita Tomohisa)
A work that peruses a person's heart not just in cases, even if I am sufficiently certified naturally in science. Since I have my eyes fixed on a person's heart, crossing over gender and generation, I think there is something that can be transmitted to the heart of anyone. In that, the team power in solving the cases together with my assistants, I want to carefully depict the balance of this 3: human love, small defeats the big, "protecting the weak." Please look forward to it.
(Mangaka Acato Ao)
When I heard that Yamashita-san will be playing Himokura, I was honestly happy. His appearance is beautiful, I thought Himokura's web hair suits him, for some reason, the aura also is similar to him, I looked forward to his Himokura. When I've actually met Yamashita-san in a white robe with a robot hand, the degree of perfection was high and I was moved. When I was able to speak with him, as a person, he's overflowing with charm. I thought at that time, it was great Yamashita-san is playing Himokura that I looked forward to the broadcast of the drama. Science as a theme is quite difficult to think of but enjoy watching, increase your knowledge a bit, and after watching, I think it will be a drama possessing wishes for the future. Please look forward to it.
(Producer Asano Atsuya)
Science and medical treatment advances in an incredible speed. But, to that extent, we fall onto various problems that we haven't imagined until now. This drama will probably wake us up to mysterious cases involved with cutting edge science and medical treatment in the near future. In the first place, this world is full of mysteries. The mechanism of nature and living things still hasn't been clarified that much, as with a person's body, heart and the like. With this conceived mystery, the eccentric genius with an artificial arm, genius scientist Himokura played by Yamashita Tomohisa-san, challenges various cases. With his scientific knowledge and brilliant reasoning, he explains mysterious cases, saving people, a new sense of science human mystery. Furthermore, what happened to Himokura's artificial robot hand... that mystery, please solve that mystery by watching the drama!
☆ Cast
Himokura Tetsu: Yamashita Tomohisa
☆ Staff
Production:
TBS sparkle
TBS
Original work:
Acato Ao "In Hand" (current series by Kodansha "Evening")
Script:
Yoshida Yasuhiro
others
Producer:
Asano Atsuya (TBS Sparkle)
Sato Atsushi (TBS Sparkle)
Director:
Hirano Shunichi
others