Koshi Uehara

Synapse follows a story of a female shut-in gig worker who does whatever it takes to have breakfast with her husband once again.

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburo travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son’s fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.

Inspired by the expression "something like ◯◯" often used in the news, this work is a group drama about nine people and one animal, where a special dream, diverse love, and unbridled self-affirmation intertwine.

À Tokyo, le reporter américain Jake Adelstein, âgé de 24 ans, intègre le service police et justice du « Yomiuri Shimbun », le plus grand quotidien japonais. Alors qu’il collabore avec la police locale, il est contacté par la mafia. Il devient un interlocuteur des yakusas tout en continuant d’être un informateur de la police. Mais cette position ambivalente n’est pas sans danger.